by Lori Ann King | Jan 7, 2026 | Self-Care
Last year, I finally admitted something: I was exhausted not because I was working too hard, but because I was constantly paddling upstream. I had knowledge and skills. I cared. I was doing what I thought I should be doing. But something was off. I was forcing...
by Lori Ann King | Dec 2, 2025 | Self-Care
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...
by Lori Ann King | Nov 10, 2025 | Self-Care
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...
by Lori Ann King | Nov 3, 2025 | Self-Care
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,...
by Lori Ann King | Sep 1, 2025 | Self-Care
Choosing Sanity Over Chaos in a Life of Constant Demands It was a week with a lot of tough stuff. Really, truly, heavy stuff. In addition to the crazy, chaotic pace at work that never seems to let up, only accelerate with more demands and requests, another caregiver...
by Lori Ann King | Jul 22, 2025 | Self-Care
There’s a softness in me that I used to struggle with. A deep-feeling, heart-wide-open softness that shows up in the form of tears, often at the most inopportune moments. For much of my life, I viewed this trait as a liability. A flaw I needed to hide or outgrow....
