I’ve struggled with not feeling good enough. As a kid in school, I stayed up late anxiously cramming for tests or perfecting papers that I’d procrastinated writing. My “not good enough” anxiety helped me achieve, but robbed me of the deeper joy of learning, and being...
One of my favorite feelings in the world is waking up after a good night’s sleep, feeling well rested and full of energy. There’s (almost) nothing better than that. Beyond the empowering feeling it gives, adequate and restful sleep is fundamental for...
I recently found my favorite gold dangley necklace and hoop earrings impossibly tangled together in a big unruly knot. After several hasty and unsuccessful attempts to free them from their bondage, I was desperate. So I tried a different approach. Instead of pulling...
January started out with a thud for me. Even though I was so ready to let 2020 go, the fresh start in 2021 did little to motivate me towards setting any new goals. I was in a rut. Knowing that my early morning iPhone news reading habit which had started pre-election...
Sometimes when things in my life don’t go as I’d hoped, I find myself ruminating on it too long after the incident has passed. I mull endlessly over what I could have done differently, imagining what I would change if I could do it over, and beating myself up for my...
Humans love knowing, being sure of things. We feel safe when we feel certain and in control. So we create plans, structures and routines to help us know what comes next, and feel comfortable. But right now, there’s so much that’s up in the air, so many unknowns, we...