How to prepare for (and get through) bad days

How to prepare for (and get through) bad days

    Picture a first aid kit. It’s easy to imagine, right? It’s a little box with bandages, disinfectant, pain medication, etc. These kits typically can’t fix big injuries, but they can save the day when they’re all we have.  We’ve got all these quick,...
Your personal “I can get through this” toolkit

Your personal “I can get through this” toolkit

also app   We’ve got a strange few weeks left in 2020, and care is going to play a big role in how we get through it. We often spend so much of the holiday season giving to and taking care of others that we forget to take care of ourselves. When conversations...
Coping with loneliness part 2: what’s working for me

Coping with loneliness part 2: what’s working for me

    Six months is long time to do nothing. Or what feels like a lot less of everything.  Physical distancing, self-isolation, and quarantining are intended to keep us safe, yet these COVID precautions have also produced an unintended result: intense...
How to find your focus and stay on task

How to find your focus and stay on task

  You’re 10 minutes into a Zoom call. Some people have their video off, and you do too. It’s been a long morning already, and you’re making your second coffee to try to stay with it. Then, someone says your name. It is in that one fleeting moment of presence that...
How to make a meditation practice stick… for good

How to make a meditation practice stick… for good

Meditation is good for us. It reduces stress, improves our quality of sleep, boosts our compassion, helps us manage anxiety, and positively impacts our life satisfaction. But if meditation is so good for us, why is it so hard to turn it into a habit? Well, making new...