Let’s talk about consistent self-care. This summer I’ve let my evening routine slip a little. When it’s light until 9 pm, I find it much harder to start winding down at 7:30. But if I want to get my evening self-care routine in before my eyes start to close, I do actually need to get…
Boundaries help you preserve your time, energy, and other resources for the things you want and need to do. But key to creating boundaries is determining what those things are that you’re preserving your energy for! Without some process for identifying what’s truly important to you, it will be hard to know where to focus…
Today’s topic is a really important one if you’re struggling to construct and hold healthy boundaries. So often I talk about how much better life gets when you start implementing mental and emotional hygiene tools and techniques. However, sometimes there are some really tough growing pains you have to work through on your way from…
Today’s topic is one I wish I understood better years ago. I’ve talked a lot about what happens when you get stressed and the physiological reaction your body has to it. But today we’re diving into the psychological side of the stress response. Over two decades ago, Pete Walker coined the term fawn as the…
Today we’re talking about techniques to control overthinking. And to say I’ve got some experience with overthinking might be an understatement. Here are just a few examples. . . I once spent 30 minutes trying to pick between two nearly identical sheets of paper when selecting new letterhead stock. I’ve had emails sit in my…