We’ve all experienced trauma at some point in our lives. Whether your trauma is spelled with a lower case or capital t, it’s still trauma. And unless, or until, you process that trauma, it embeds itself in your body, becoming a part of your physical as well as mental and emotional being. If you only…
Each year I celebrate my birthday by going on “retreat”. I let Adam know I’ll be unavailable for a day or two, and then I sequester myself away in my office to spend time evaluating the year past and setting goals for the upcoming year. I’m a big fan of the birthday retreat for a…
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Healthy boundaries are one of the key tools in the prevention of burnout. When a forest fire is burning out of control, the firefighters don’t keep pouring water on it. They instead put their energy into creating fire breaks, clearing flammable material in a line which acts as a barrier to slow or stop the…
It happens to the best of us. The motivation you once had for something can be derailed, leaving you reaching for the remote instead of jumping into your project. You start out super excited about a new habit or project. Maybe you set a goal for yourself that you were eager to achieve. But then…