How to Process Anger for Healing
Are you ready to move beyond anger management and into anger transformation? Learn how to listen to your anger, honor its wisdom, and channel its energy into a more fulfilling life.
Habits
Letting Go of Old Identities to Becoming Who We Truly Are
The journey to self-discovery is marked by moments of release. Letting go of old identities, we unravel the threads of who we thought we were, and weave a new tapestry of who we’re meant to be
Why We Need A Mindset Shift For Problem Solving
Struggling to solve problems in your life or work? I recently learned a powerful lesson from my garden that transformed how I approach challenges. Discover how an ancient gardening practice called ollas helped me shift my mindset and find sustainable solutions. In this blog post, I dive into the neuroscience behind why we get stuck in old patterns and how changing your mindset can unlock new possibilities. Whether you’re looking to create calm, embrace simplicity, or find a better way to solve modern problems, this article is for you.
How to Handle Being Misunderstood
You see, I’ve actively faced and challenged the misunderstandings that have arisen, particularly within my own family, and I’ve grown from those experiences. For most of my life, they haven’t really seen me—the true me. Not that it’s their fault really.
Essentialism for highly sensitive people: Over Minimalism
Typically, when we think about this simplification, we come across the concept of minimalism. However, minimalism may not be quite as effective as essentialism for highly sensitive people.Typically, when we think about this simplification, we come across the concept of minimalism. However, minimalism may not be quite as effective as essentialism for highly sensitive people.
Hidden signs of perfectionism
Perfectionism, contrary to popular belief, isn’t a one-size-fits-all trait. There’s actually two different kinds: overt and covert.
Attachment styles
We all have unique ways of connecting with others, and establishing boundaries (or a lack of boundaries) in relationships. These patterns or attachment styles, which are rooted in our early experiences, play a crucial role in shaping who we are and how we achieve work-life balance… or not and eventually end up burnt out
How to let go of control
Letting go of control isn’t easy for me. And the idea of “surrendering” and “trusting” in some all-knowing being – forget about it.
But, I’ve learned a way that works for me, my traumatized nervous system, and my highly sensitive nature.
If I can learn how to let go of control and surrender, I know you can too.
We just have to start in the right place.
The Art of Setting Effective Boundaries
The typical approach to boundaries – you know, the one that’s all about telling people what you need and then washing your hands of the outcome – might not be serving us as well as we think.
I’m not saying we shouldn’t set boundaries – boundaries themselves are incredibly helpful and necessary if we want to create more calm in our life.
But how we set the boundary is almost as important as the boundary itself.
7 energy management lessons from my chronic illness that I wish I knew before I got sick
Hindsight’s a jerk sometimes.
You know, that moment when you look back at an experience and now you see the red flags and the warning signs…
… or the hindsight that makes you aware of what things you could have done differently to prevent life from going as sideways for you as it did.
Of course you didn’t notice all of these things in the moment because…well who knows why?
Over the past five and a bit years of learning how to embrace my chronic illnesses and disability, hindsight has shared seven specific lessons that I wish I knew before all of this started.
Would these things have prevented my body from breaking in the epic way that it did? Maybe. Maybe not.
But either way, these seven things would have made this experience a lot easier, so I wanted to share them with you because I don’t think you need to have a chronic illness or a disability to benefit from these seven skills.