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1.7: Self-Compassion: What It Is and How Do I Do It?
The postcard in the photo above is from the Etsy shop lovestruckprints. Last week I introduced a theme for February’s posts: Changing the Stories We Tell Ourselves. I’ve spent a lifetime gripping tightly to self limiting stories because I knew how they felt and they...
1.6: Changing the Stories We Tell Ourselves
Although I started out January with a general goal of tending to myself better, I quickly honed in on my relationship with perfectionism. I practiced catching myself before I fell into into perfectionistic tendencies, and I used and developed tools to help me be...
1.5: Mindful Production
Coming down off of a week of mindful consumption, I was aware that I did have focus and energy to spare on the things I wanted to do. But, it turns out I wasn’t quite sure how to put those into practice in a way that would boost my productivity without kicking up too...
1.4: Mindful Consumption
The month of January has been a good lab for working on my perfectionist tendencies. I know I’ve been encouraging you not to be perfectionists yourselves, because I truly think the quest for perfectionism can be harmful, but I have realized that I need to keep...
1.3: Playing It By Ear
What if I just let myself be curious? Try new things? Go with the flow? Walk out the door, and see where my Doc Martens take me? What if I let myself be present and grounded at all times? What if I relaxed, went with the flow, and let myself just take things as they...
1.35: How I Got Clarity and Finally Turned It Over
Last week was my first Reconnect & Reboot workshop with Kate Snowise! If you don’t know Kate, I strongly encourage you to check out her podcast, Here to Thrive, and the resources on her website, Thrive.how. She’s a life and executive coach with an MS in...
1.2: Three Keys to Abundance
In my first post, I wrote about the dangers of striving for perfection. Namely, we hurt ourselves when we set ourselves up to achieve some unobtainable standard of being perfect enough. Of being charming, rich, smart, successful, healthy, exciting, or...
1.1: Welcome to The Tending Year!
Hello! Over the next year I’ll use this space to record my practice of improving my life via the concept of tending. I knew I wanted to choose a word of the year for 2018, and after mumbling words to myself on long drives and jotting down lists in my notebooks, I...
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