Slowing Down, 2

Slowing down is the conscious decision to stay present and feel. It means processing and experiencing rather than burying. Journal Prompt: I would like to bury...

Slowing Down, 1

It takes a lot of work to slow down, actually too much, that’s why we don’t. Slowing down asks you to do emotional work. Thus speeding up and distraction is born, avoidance. Emotions tucked and stressors on simmer, slowing down feels threatening. Journal Prompt: If I slow down I confront...

Big Decisions: Journal Prompt 1

The warm-blanket decision to keep everything the same is familiar energy. It gives the illusion that it will require less of you.

Setting Boundaries Series: Journal Prompt 10

Changing your perspective can help with clarity. Consider that you are 10 years ahead and looking back at your current circumstances and boundaries. - Journal Prompt 10: What advice would you give yourself? -

Setting Boundaries Series: Journal Prompt 6

Boundaries lay a perimeter wherein you are motivated to love people well. Overextended people have difficulty loving well. Probably because they are tired. When you take care of yourself, it opens you up to love well, within your human limits. - Journal prompts: How do you love the people in your life when you have … Continue reading Setting Boundaries Series: Journal Prompt 6 →

Setting Boundaries Series: Journal Prompt 4

Boundaries give you direction about how you take care of yourself. Journal prompt 4: What do your current boundaries say about how you take care of yourself? - Day 5 Blog Index

Setting Boundaries Series: Journal Prompt 3

Setting boundaries will likely include something new; new feelings, new experiences, or new ways of doing things. - Journal prompt 3: What might you predict will be new for you? - Day 4 Blog Index

An Essay on Fear

I’ll lock you up with protection, I’ll keep you confined to small margins of happiness.

Hope

In our current environment hope feels far away. Depression feels far more approachable and time appropriate. Yet, I chose to write about hope this month because it seems like something we need. Hope. A feeling of expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen. Hope seems to come from shifts in our every day … Continue reading Hope →

Stress Margin

Margin: The space between reasonable stress and unreasonable. I’m always curious about the real put together human that all of a sudden falls apart in public. Truly, there’s something sacred happening here. I have the urge to put out construction signs and say, “Caution Ahead, give this human some space, they are going to need … Continue reading Stress Margin →