The Edge: Choosing Sustainability Over Burnout

The Edge: Choosing Sustainability Over Burnout

I was looking back over some pages in my journal and came across this one from October.  Life is often both a juggling and balancing act. I’m someone who pushes myself right up to the edge, and then life happens and pushes me over. As we begin the slow descent into...
Cultivating Gratitude and Joy

Cultivating Gratitude and Joy

The other night, Jim and I sat together in the quiet. Me: Do you ever feel lonely? Jim: Not really. It’s more like isolated. And a tad depressed. Me: Yeah. Jim: I’ve actually been thinking about counseling. Me: Yeah. Me too. We let the conversation linger there, two...
Boundaries: You Can’t Pour From An Empty Cup

Boundaries: You Can’t Pour From An Empty Cup

My dad used to say, “When she needs her space, she needs her space.” He understood something about me before I did. As a child, I spent hours in my room, curled up by the window, cat tucked in close. It wasn’t hiding. It was surviving. I’m an introvert and a highly...
Cultivating Stillness

Cultivating Stillness

We’ve talked about cultivating calm. Now let’s talk about cultivating stillness. Not so easy, is it? Lately, I’ve noticed how restless I can be. Anxious. Struggling to sit still. At night, when my body longs for sleep, my mind takes off running with thoughts circling,...