The Healing Habit We Often Forget We live in a world that rewards doing. Doing more. Achieving more. Producing more. Checking one more thing off the list. Many of us have become so accustomed to staying busy that we rarely question it. We actually probably think it shows our strength and resilience.🤔 In fact, when we finally have a moment of stillness, it can feel uncomfortable. I think I saw recently that this was a challenge on some platform; to sit for 10 minutes without

There’s something about being at the beach that makes gratitude feel easy. Watching the sun melt into the ocean at the end of the day. Waking up to the sound of waves outside the window. Feeling the warmth of the sun on your skin and realizing, for a moment, how beautiful life can feel when you slow down enough to notice it. During vacation, gratitude seemed to come naturally. It felt light. Simple. Almost effortless. I would do the traditional 'check in with my mood' and the

So, Christmas of 2016, it seemed that things were just 'off'. Cookies didn't turn out. Lights were flickering. The Christmas tree actually fell over in the living room. We jokingly said the holiday was "perfectly imperfect". Honoring the fact that nothing always goes as planned all of the time. And, ironically enough, that was the New Years my sister was killed in a car accident. It was like the universe was preparing us for the worst; bits at a time, until life came crashi

I got back from a beach vacation recently, and every time I come home from a trip like that, I notice the same thing: Part of me wants to hold onto the slower pace a little longer. The quiet mornings. The walks without rushing. The feeling of breathing more deeply without even realizing it. And then “real life” comes back in. The laundry. The emails. The pressure to catch up on everything immediately. It’s so easy to slip right back into pushing ourselves. But this time, I’m

November brings talk of gratitude everywhere — journals, quotes, lists, challenges. And while gratitude can truly shift us, sometimes it starts to feel like another expectation: “Be grateful.” “Be positive.” “Look on the bright side.” Reminds me of a time when I purchased a book for my sister, something about not being bothered by the “small stuff”. Yikes, it was not a mindful purchase at the time. For many women — especially those who’ve spent years in survival mode — grati