Handling The Hard Stuff

Category: Future

  • Self-Care is about Connection

    This is the time of year when most of us are run ragged for various reasons. We’re getting presents for everyone under the sun, we’re running low on funds because all those “annual” bills are starting to come due, we’re scrambling to get our end-of-year work projects and finances together, and most of us have…

  • It’ll Work Out

    Have you ever seen Shakespeare in Love? Jeffrey Rush’s character constantly reassures Shakespeare that everything will work out and Shakespeare constantly asks how this new catastrophe could possibly work out and Jeffrey Rush’s response is always “It’s a mystery”. But it does always work out. Reading through old journals and past scenarios in my mind,…

  • Scared or Trapped?

    There are a lot of things that keep us from leaving a situation that isn’t satisfying. Whether it’s a job, a living arrangement, a relationship, or one of a million other obligations or circumstances that are dulling our shine. If you’re like me, you probably have given yourself a lot of “reasons” (excuses) why you…

  • From Scratch

    Another of my mom’s favorite phrases is “When you’re green you’re growing, when you’re ripe, you rot.” Essentially meaning, get out of your comfort zone and learn new things. But starting over is really really hard. And it’s daunting. It causes us anxiety and sleepless nights and we doubt ourselves and we question everything we…

  • What’s Going on Here?

    NOT legal advice. Just life advice for those going through overwhelming things.