Handling The Hard Stuff

Category: Self-Care

  • Free up your free time

    In a world where we are supposed to be immediately accessible at all times because of email and texts and social media, it is easy to get overwhelmed by the noise technology brings to our lives. The flip side is that technology and automation can bring a lot of freedom to our lives if we…

  • Life is a Garden

    I’ve gotten really into gardening lately and I find a lot of metaphors for life apply to plants.

  • You Don’t Have to Be Polite

    Were you raised from an early age to not make waves? If you’re like me, you were taught to not cause problems. Don’t be difficult. Hug people you don’t want to hug, be nice to people even when they’re not nice to you, participate in the gathering you don’t want to be part of just…

  • Mantra Magic

    For those of us that struggle with positive self-talk, or at least remembering to plug into our positive self-talk, mantras can be really helpful. In my mind a mantra is like the headline to the full newspaper article. If we’ve read the article, the headline can trigger us to remember the information in the larger…

  • Stop Breaking Your Own Heart

    Only you can choose who you let into your life. There are so many studies that talk about how you are influenced most by the six or so people you spend the most time with. Whether this is your family, your co-workers, your running buddies, friends, or neighbors, this shapes who and how you are.…

  • Be Compassionate with Yourself

    Sometimes the world is overwhelming. Sometimes depression takes us down. Sometimes we’re just exhausted. Sometimes the “should” in the world is all-encompassing and we can’t figure out where to start so we just don’t start. Whatever the reason, be kind to yourself and meet yourself where you are. I watched a snip of a TED…

  • Define Your Own “Rich Life”

    Breaking News: We don’t all care about the same things. My closest friends and I value things so incredibly differently. I do NOT care about having a nice car, I care that I don’t have a car payment. My closest friends have brand new cars – a few of them even lease them just so…

  • Rest Does Not Mean Sleep

    We need rest. Duh. Rest is more than just sleep. Your body needs to rest in many different ways. Prioritizing rest will improve your overall well-being. Be mindful of the ways you deplete your energy. Don’t give it away unintentionally. Protect yourself and your peace. Let yourself rest.

  • Retail Therapy

    We’ve come up with a lot of coping mechanisms as a society. I read an article today about how something like 60% of spending is to cope with things like anxiety, depression, and boredom. I was just talking with a friend who chuckled telling me about a three-hour rant-filled phone call with a client wherein…

  • Anger is Hard

    It’s easy to get mad. But it is a response, not a cause. You aren’t just angry for the sake of it, you’re angry BECAUSE of something. Think of this when your partner is angry or lashing out. Why are they angry? What’s causing this? If you can manage to look at that piece rather…