Give yourself time to honor your year, your growth, and your sweet self. I invite you to reflect on big external changes and events, as well as internal shifts that might be imperceptible to others. Audio version available.

Read, listen, and slowly imbibe our top posts from 2022—featuring everything from burnout to bad moods, and people-pleasing to overwhelm. What a year! Audio version available.

I'm delighted to share our new virtual bookshop. When you purchase a book using the link from our shop through Bookshop.org, a portion of the sale supports local bookstores and 10% supports The Retreat Space. Win-win!

Even when life is speeding by, we can find oasis in our experience. Here are nine ways to practice slowing down and letting the moments of life unfold with more ease. Audio version available.

We’re a product of hustle culture—where productivity is more important than wellbeing. Tricia Hersey is inviting us to rest because it’s our divine right, and because it will change the world. Audio version available.

Here are a few strategies I’ve developed over the years to calm the perfectionist, overachieving, people-pleasing beast inside me that says I’m never enough. Audio version available.

Feeling overwhelmed? If you’re anything like me, you might still trying to live up to your “potential.” What are we trying to prove by always volunteering or going above and beyond…and how do we find peace? Audio version available.

Building in recovery time is vital for our wellbeing. But how do we recover when what we need is constantly changing? Here are a few tips for rest and recovery. Audio version available.

Our bodies require regular, built-in recovery time. We aren’t meant to work, give, and perform at a high level around the clock. Audio version available.

Embracing your limitations can reduce feelings of scarcity and overwhelm and provide you with more freedom and relief. Here are a few practical examples of how to invite in acceptance. Audio version available.

I’m starting to honor the limits of my own capacity, control, and mortality. As my blind optimism fades and I surrender to what is actually true, I've stumbled into a strange sense of peace. Audio version available.

Day-to-day coping can be a huge challenge when you’re having a hard time. Here I share some practical things to try when you're in a tough place. Audio version available.

A post giving you permission to not be OK, because things are not OK right now. What if we can use these hard feelings to build a better world? Audio version available.

Here are 7 simple gratitude practices to try when you feel locked in a scarcity mindset. The first one is something I practice every night before bed; it has been a game-changer. Audio version available.

I’ve been in a Funk, and it feels exactly appropriate. Instead of trying to fix it, I’m listening. My bad mood is telling the truth about how broken the world is. Audio version available.

I was a people-pleasing "yes" junkie...until it nearly killed me. Now, a few years after recovering from severe burnout, I reflect on my relationship to saying “yes” and saying “no,” especially at work. Audio version available.

My observations about when self-care routines are helpful and when they are harmful. Audio version available.

As our capacity ebbs and flows, self-care is a constant dance between discipline and surrender; pushing and trust; routine and variety. This post is a permission slip for you to gently lean into either structure or freedom. Audio version available.

Sometimes life requires you to keep going, even when you're really struggling. These 8 practical techniques can help you regulate your nervous system during stressful moments. Audio version available.

After ten years of coping with chronic migraines, I’m asking myself: “Do I surrender to the pain or do I fight for relief?” This essay brings chronic pain into the light, acknowledging that there are seasons for resisting pain and seasons for accepting it, and wondering how to find the sweet spot somewhere between. (Illustration by Michelle Rial.) Audio version available.