by thetendingyear | Nov 11, 2019 | Chronic Pain, Mindfulness, Personal Development
I’ve never liked the phrase “everything happens for a reason,” but it wasn’t until recently that I had a name for what felt so icky to me: spiritual bypassing. Psychotherapist John Welword defined spiritual bypassing in his book Toward a Psychology of Awakening as the...
by thetendingyear | Nov 4, 2019 | Mindfulness, Productivity, Project Management, Time Management, Workaholism
The adage “love the work you do and you’ll never work a day in your life” is problematic…and pervasive. Today’s blog post complicates the idea that work we love is somehow not labor and I model some intentional steps you can take to reconsider your own approach...
by thetendingyear | Oct 27, 2019 | Coaching, Habit formation, Mindfulness, Personal Development
We are constantly shown messages that purport there’s one right way to find success, or ten tips to get there quicker than everyone else. Even though social media and advertisements would have us think otherwise, practices like productivity, habit formation, slow...
by thetendingyear | Oct 21, 2019 | Habit formation, Mindfulness, Personal Development, Values
My yoga instructor recently told me that doing a particular series of stretches at stages of my menstrual cycle would help to alleviate pressure and pain. It’s the kind of thing that helps when you do it religiously, she said. I agreed to make it a priority, because I...
by thetendingyear | Oct 15, 2019 | Mindfulness, Personal Development, Values
The world is challenging enough without also emotionally and mentally beating yourself up—yet, it’s unfortunately a very common experience. This post will teach you what limiting beliefs are and show you how to handle them in a way that will help you shift out of...
by thetendingyear | Sep 30, 2019 | Habit formation, Mindfulness, Personal Development, Productivity
If I have a niche practice, it’s slowductivity. I mentioned my slowductivity process in September’s newsletter (if you’re not subscribed yet, you can do that here!), and I promised you a longer post about the theory and practice behind it. Here’s a blurb from that...
