Tag: Self-Care

How to regain your inner calm

By Kate Hesse

There are big changes being considered here in the NourishNestBreathe household.  Only good things, but at least for me, all big changes can upset my inner calm and introduce a certain level of stress, even the good ones.   As a result, I’ve been digging deep into my tool kit to help maintain a sense of…

Affirmation Art – Learn how to create positive samskaras

By Kate Hesse

Imagine to get from your house to the car each day, you need to walk across your yard.  When you first start taking this path, it is covered with grass. But after walking along this same route over and over, the grass begins to wear away and you create a path.  Eventually, walking this same…

Meditation might not be what you think it is!

By Kate Hesse

In this article I quote and link to several different people who are speakers and writers about meditation – each one presents the information in a way that resonates with me.  If you’re looking to deepen your understanding of meditative practices, please visit each of their websites and see if one resonates with you. You…

There are no awards given out for “biggest” trauma

By Kate Hesse

Want to know one of my biggest pet peeves – when someone minimizes their experience by saying – “I know other people have it so much worse.”  I appreciate the empathy behind this statement.  BUT – no one hands out an award for the biggest trauma.   There are no Trauma Olympics I was listening to…

Stop apologizing! And say what you really mean!

By Kate Hesse

First, just a clarification – if through your own action or inaction, or what you said or did not say, you intentionally or unintentionally hurt someone else, I absolutely think it is correct to apologize.  The important factor in this definition is the connection to your own agency.  It is ownership for yourself, for your…