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Shake It Off: Avoiding Rest

#guilt #rest #selfcare #selfcare #selflove #bingo #habits #havefun #fiercelife #fierceconnection #youdoyou #yougotthis #summerhabits #organizing #donate #sleep Jan 10, 2023

It's 2023! A new year is here, but what about YOU

Are you still stuck in your old (2022) ways?

Are you sliding into 2023, doing all the same things but expecting different results?
Are you carrying old habits and mindsets you’ve clung to for years, bringing them into 2023 like you’ve always done?
Are you plowing into 2023 with your tank empty, burned out and over-scheduled, still full steam ahead?
Is your vision focused anywhere and everywhere EXCEPT on yourself and your goals?
Are you bringing your commitment to push through it all–pain, emotional baggage–avoiding the rest your body and mind need into 2023?

Instead of focusing on what you want to ADD in 2023, can we take some things OFF our plate? If you’re anything like me, your plate is already full. Spilling over, even! It’s time to BREAK FREE from the things holding us back and to SHAKE OFF the habits, mindsets, and routines that are bringing us down and keeping...

Rest & Rejuvenate... Really

#challenge #exercises #newmonth #rejuvenation #rest Oct 04, 2022

Hello October, you beautiful month, you!

Fall has officially been ushered in with cool temps and changing leaves, Barbara.

After a full summer of travel and events, I love the transition to a new season. Fall can be the perfect opportunity to slow down and spend some more time at home. While it’s chilly outside and homey inside, I encourage you to lean into warming, calming, and restorative practices.

In an NPR article, author Heller McAlpin, touches on the need for rest and rejuvenation by highlighting Katherine May’s book, Wintering. May uses that term in her book, which she describes as hibernating, healing, and re-grouping as a means for getting through hard times. May writes, “Doing these deeply unfashionable things — slowing down, letting your spare time expand, getting enough sleep, resting — is a radical act now, but it is essential.”

Do those words hit you the way they hit me? Slowing down...

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