Our wellness involves many things. We must love and care for our body, our mind, and our soul. Being well does not mean that we are “cured” of anything that ails us. Rather we concentrate on wholeness, and caring for ourselves with love and intention.
What is a Spiritual Retreat & Why Should You Take One Next week (though when you are reading this that is probably wildly out of date) I leave for my annual Advent Reading Retreat. Which is a fancy way of saying I spend a week every December alone in a cabin on the Hood Canal …
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Resolutions & Failure So. If you are like most adults in a whole lot of the world a few days ago you set some sort of New Year’s resolution for the year. How’s that going? If you’re like most of us (again), the honest answer is: shitty. I mean we start well, you should see …
Values: What they aren’t The word values gets tossed around a lot these days. But it’s actually pretty rare that we’ve spent the time and the work to articulate are own personal values. I’d always thought I knew what my values were, but I didn’t. What I had weren’t values, they were associations. Associations are …
I feel like I should be writing this with pen and paper. But that would make it hard for you to read, so we’ll make do. I want to start this by being totally honest, I desperately need a digital detox. I am horrible at this and really need help to do better. In a …
What Is Holistic Yoga? Yoga has a long and complicated history. If you are super curious about that you can start here and pretty much read for years. (Long story short yoga has a long complicated history that is deeply embedded with Hindu beliefs. It’s fascinating stuff, so do take some time when you can!) …
Introduction Sometimes self care means admitting what you aren’t good at. Or at least what you don’t have time to do well. For me that has been planning healthy cook-at-home meals and actually grocery shopping for them. I love cooking. I would much rather cook than go out 90% of the time. But I do …