We’re wrapping up Self-Care September with our last “R” of the 3 R’s to help us get through difficult times. RESILIENCE. Resilience is the ability to bounce back – having the capacity to respond and even prosper despite all life’s demands. As someone who’s seen her fair share of stressful experiences, I can tell you […]
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Self-Care September: Why Routines are Important
The second “R” to help navigate us through difficult times is ROUTINES. A routine is the usual series of things that you do at a particular time, and the practice of regularly doing those things. Routines are something that we have some control over and they help make our homes feel safer and calmer – […]
Self-Care September: How Relationships Can Help Us
Let’s dive right in: the first R of the three R’s to help us navigate difficult times is RELATIONSHIPS. We live in a unique time. On the one hand, we’ve been asked to distance ourselves socially from others to keep our physical bodies safe, but doing so is damaging to our mental health. We feel […]
Self-Care September: The Three R’s
When you were little and still in school, the three R’s meant reading, writing and ‘rithmetic – the basics of education. You must’ve done a good job learning these; look where you are now! Ah, those were simpler times. Life is so much more complicated now – and not just for us, but for our […]
Self-Care September: The Everyday Artist
It’s Self-Care September! One of my favorite ways to care for myself is to make sure I have time to be creative. It just fills my gas tank, even if it’s been a rough day. I call it “my other vitamin C”. LOL Since it’s “National Live Creative Day” today, it’s the perfect time to […]