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…
You might be wondering what exactly a personal energy audit is. Perhaps you’re more familiar with a whole home energy audit. Someone shows up with an infrared device and discovers where energy is leaking out of your house. They give you all the information you need to be able to make your home more energy…
In previous posts I’ve covered a number of different cycles we experience in life. (You can read the first three posts in this series here, here, and here.) Our lives are filled with so many different cycles – from that are more apparent to those that seem so all encompassing you forget there was ever…
From childhood, we’re encouraged to be kind. Treat others the way we want to be treated ourselves. However, we rarely hear how incredibly important it is to turn that kindness back onto ourselves. Self-compassion is affording yourself the same grace and understanding you give to others. Stop shoulding all over yourself. . . I have…
Growing up in Vermont, the changing of the seasons set the pace of the year. If you’re from Vermont you might have heard the joke that the state experiences many seasons. In addition to the traditional spring, summer, winter, and fall, we also had mud season, black fly season, sugaring season, fiddlehead season and more!…