Welcome to another week, Besties!  I hope you had a fabulous weekend.  Mine was busy but I took a much needed social media hiatus yesterday as well as a long nap and it was just what the doctor ordered.  Whoever started the #selfcaresunday trend, I heart you oh so much! Speaking of what the doctor […]

Welcome to Friday, Besties!  So excited for a fun weekend ahead which includes encouraging time with some of my Besties, church, a dinner party, and hanging out with some of the high school friends I volunteer with.  Also gonna have some family time so it’s sure to be a doozy, but don’t you worry, I’ve […]

Real talk:  sometimes friendship can be hard.  Even the best of Besties go through difficult seasons.  Part of self care is fostering healthy relationships and doing what we can to cultivate deep, secure attachments with friends and family alike.   Today I want to discuss how comparison can be particularly toxic to friendships (and just […]

  Many of you have probably heard of Self Care Sunday, or have seen the hashtag on social media.  And while I’m a big believer in practicing self care every day, I can definitely get behind a movement that is encouraging people to do something extra special for themselves that they may not have time […]

image I don’t know how the weather is where you are, but in my neck of the woods, we are having a whole lotta wintry mix and gray skies.  In fact, today school was cancelled due to crazy winds and sleet that has been coming and going all morning.  Hooray. Many of my clients struggle […]

image Welcome back to another week of self care topics!  I’ve got a lot planned for us this week, and I’m excited to share more ways for us to treat ourselves right! A few months ago, I attended a seminar on lifestyle medicine.  For those of you that may not be familiar with that term, […]

image The weekend is here, Besties!  I hope you have tons of fun planned!  I plan to spend quality time with my family and friends.  Looking forward to some down time for sure, and getting acquainted with my new phone, which (finally!) arrived today.  PRAISE. A while back, I posted a quote about addiction on […]

image Apparently, yesterday was Winnie the Pooh Day, and while I’m not normally the type of person to celebrate things like National Popcorn Day (today), or Bubble Bath Day (a few weeks ago), I feel Pooh has enough amazing things to say about friendship and life that may be worth celebrating.  Not that popcorn and […]

image Some of you may already be acquainted with the idea of “non-attachment,” but to many, it remains a very confusing concept.  In short, non-attachment is a process through which people become less attached to their life as they wish it to be.  Another word for non-attachment is detachment. Now before you consider me a […]