boundaries: easier said than done
“Good fences make good neighbors.” –Robert Frost According to Merriam Webster, a boundary is “something that indicates or […]
Tag: self-compassion
the difference between self-care and self-improvement
Self-care and self-help or self-improvement are words we seem to encounter regularly these days. Rows upon rows of books in every bookstore promise to help […]
my weekly self-care routines
There are things I do daily and weekly to take care of my well-being. If you’d like to read about my daily self-care, you can […]
how to handle the thought faucet
As I was watching my thoughts come and go one morning, I became aware that I was treating myself quite shabbily by criticizing, complaining, and […]
self-compassion and the seven caring habits
How have you been treating yourself lately? In a recent blog post I introduced the seven deadly habits and the seven caring habits in the […]
what to do when you have anxious thought patterns upon waking
More often than not, I wake up feeling anxious. My brain immediately seems to jump to anxious thought patterns about what I need to get […]