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5 Ways to Avoid Burnout This Summer
Ah, summertime…the season of sunshine, relaxation, and carefree days. We’ve made our way through a long dark winter where we were dedicated to “being” and inner pursuits like self-reflection and shadow work. In spring, we planted the seeds we’d nurtured over winter, and now we’re ready to stoke our inner fire and let it burn like the hot sun overhead while we take MASSIVE ACTION and GO and DO ALL THE THINGS!!! But let’s pump the brakes here for a second. As we feel pulled toward a thousand adventures and the desire to make the most of this special time, it’s important to avoid over-doing it and flaming out in…
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Are You Getting These 7 Types of Rest?
“It takes courage to say yes to rest and play in a culture where exhaustion is seen as a status symbol.” -Brené Brown In our 20’s, my husband and I climbed many a mountain. Most weekends you could find us headed for the mountains straight from work on Fridays with a trunk full of climbing and mountaineering gear. Our longest expedition was on Denali (Mt. McKinley) in Alaska. We were on the mountain for three weeks and every day – every thing – was meticulously planned. Not just the route we would take and the gear we needed. I mean EVERYTHING. We counted out baby wipes and scheduled which days…
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Hitting the Pandemic Wall
“Deep within every crisis is the opportunity for something beautiful.” -Kate McGahan Have you heard the phrase “hitting the pandemic wall” floating around recently? I have. And I think I may have smacked straight into it myself. Honestly, I’ve felt pretty good most of the last year, but the past month has unexpectedly kicked me in the teeth. It’s not just that I’m tired of the isolation or tired of wearing a mask. It’s something deeper. I’m feeling uninspired, getting plenty of sleep yet still feeling exhausted, out of balance (not a good feeling for this Libra!), emotional… I told a friend the other day that if I had to narrow…
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Less Hustle and More Flow
“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.” ~Lao Tzu What if you could move through life with more ease? What if things didn’t always have to be so complicated? I know. It sounds laughable. Unbelievable even. Living with ease goes against everything modern society has told us about how life works. Stress, anxiety, striving, grasping, and struggle have all been glorified as the only ways to get ahead, be successful, and make a life for ourselves. We start to feel as if life is a constant battle and we’re all just swimming upstream. Every day we are each called upon to find our own sense of balance between doing too…
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Navigating Liminal Space
“Honor the space between no longer and not yet.” – Nancy Levin Ah, the liminal space. That place between where you’ve been and where you’re going. Where you’re not who you were, but you’re not yet who you’re becoming. Yeah. Super fun. Father Richard Rohr described liminal space perfectly in his newsletter recently: “Liminal space is an inner state and sometimes an outer situation where we can begin to think and act in new ways. It is where we are betwixt and between, having left one room or stage of life but not yet entered the next. We usually enter liminal space when our former way of being is challenged…
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5 Simple Ways to Insert Some Calm Into Your Holiday
A month or so ago, I attended a beautiful women’s circle. As we went around and shared, I was blown away by how many women talked about having intense stress and anxiety about the upcoming holidays. Most of the 20 or so women there were actually dreading the next few months of their lives. The holidays can be complicated and fraught with anxiety. There’s so much pressure to attend all the parties, give all the gifts, and be everything to everyone. We run ourselves ragged with all of the shopping, decorating and festivities, and measure our worth by how happy we all look on our holiday cards. What if we…
