One of my favorite tools to leverage the discomfort and get me out of the cycle of self-doubt is to do a Fear Dump. This powerful 5-minute exercise will take you from feeling uncertain to feeling more powerful.
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Begin Anyhow: Learning to Live with Discomfort
Don’t let fear or uncertainty stop you. Let it motivate you.
Creativity, Self-Care & The Mama Advantage
Making time for creativity can absolutely be a part of your self-care routine. Read more...
Thoughts on self-care & why I eat standing up
Some days it feels like the needs of my children are incessant. From the moment my eyelids open into the 5am darkness to the moment their little bodies succumb to sleep, they NEED. They need love, snuggles, attention, comfort, and reassurance. They also need pancakes cut up just so, a cup of juice -no, I … Continue reading Thoughts on self-care & why I eat standing up
On Wanting to be a Writer
And yet I am left with this sense of yearning. And a sense of self-doubt: If I want to write so much, why don’t I just do it? Is it that I am afraid I don’t have anything to say? Or is it the opposite: that I’m afraid I DO have something to say.
Eating to Feel Better : One Part Plant
I'm not one for diets or labels when it comes to my food. I like to eat. I like to eat good food that I know is good for me, and food that makes me feel like crap. I get just as excited about a big greasy cheesburger as I do a paleo bowl at … Continue reading Eating to Feel Better : One Part Plant
The Bliss {and Blisters} of Nursing a Toddler
As difficult as nursing a toddler can sometimes be, there are moments of pure bliss. Like so many moments in motherhood, this one is filled with complex and contradictory emotions.