FROM THE BLOG
Finding CALM post-pandemic
Feeling a little emotionally sideways lately? You’re not alone. Try these simple tools the next time you feel anxious or irritable, and restore your calm!
The Big Bad NO
Why do we dread it so much? Such a petite little word and yet, afraid we'll let down a friend or displease our boss, we let the Yes's run wild until our week goes to hell in a handbasket. These chronic YES's are taxing our health - both mentally and physically. They're burning our boundaries, stealing our sanity and depleting that time for our priority experiences. What's that called again? Oh...
Strong women ask for help
It’s time to call on the village – your tribe of people who’ve said, “I am here for you.” It’s time to call and share the load. Home-schooling Zoom lessons, social-distance-safe activities with the kids, grocery runs and other key errands. Even nighttime or weekend task-trades with other parents. Divide and conquer! Start sharing the load and stop killing yourselves slowly.
Flip Your Script
Flip Your Script How I reset my negative loop to wake up feeling more hopeful these days. How would your friends and family describe you? Are you more ambitious and type-A with lots of structure, high hopes, and a well-tuned schedule? Or are you a bit more relaxed, less intense and ambitious – a more go-with-the-flow sort of outlook? For most of my life I’ve been more optimist than pessimist....
How we get back up
How we get back up “So how’s your pandemic going today?” My friend Janyce asks me this every time we talk. For the first time in our lives, we know what everyone is going through. Literally everyone. We know what is first on their minds because it’s first on our minds too. And clearly none of us signed up for this! Whether you’re a single parent, empty-nester, multi-generation household, or are...