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As Eating Disorders Awareness Week comes to an end, I wanted to share what self-care looks like for me in my recovery journey from an eating disorder. I wear a little gold necklace with an ampersand charm every day. This little “&” sign is a reminder to me that two opposite feelings can be true for me at the same …
Self-Care Blog by Candace Washington I am going through a significant time of experiencing many changes, and my workload is quickly increasing. I’m a multifaceted woman. I am a psychotherapist, author, speaker, minister, and the most important hat of them all, I am the mom of two active boys. Finding a healthy work-life balance can be challenging, but every day, …
January was a whirlwind. Charlotte had a health scare that’s caused a lot of trauma for me. I spent most of January anxious and on edge and spent a lot of time awake when I should have been sleeping. I’ve sat through meetings for my business where I can feel the tiredness going through my bones. On top of that, …
Once I was at a kite festival. Have you been to one? You see all these types of kites with different shapes, sizes, decorative features, and different kinds. The sky looks like a coloring book as colors and images soar, lift, and dive in the wind. It is a beautiful mental image of harmony in chaos as all the elements …
I know I am not alone when I say I struggled with the “supposed to’s”. It was my birthday week, so it was supposed to be a great week. And for the most part, it was. But it all felt like it came crashing down the day after when I felt self-conscious about a lot of things. My anxiety began …
It is 2024 and the calendar from last year has been taken down and our schedules are now being created for this brand new year. Do you notice so many white spaces? Do you notice the big margins? Did you stay awake over the holidays making marks on the calendar with ideas for vacations and etching in birthdays and noticing …
The pain comes in waves. Hold on and trust that this wave will pass. It has been a really hard week for my family. My mom has been in the hospital all week for various cancer related issues and my cousin passed away after being on life support for a few days. It’s been hard to watch those around me …
BY CATHERINE BEARD – THE BLISSFUL MIND The reminder to ‘let go of what doesn’t serve you‘ is everywhere. You’ve probably seen it floating around on your Instagram feed at some point. But what does it mean? How do we know what’s serving or not serving us? If we use the definition of serve as ‘to be useful or of …
As the year comes to a close, we all start to naturally reflect on the past 12 months. This week, I went to breakfast with family and we all talked about our highlights of the year and it’s made me reflect. This year was full of incredibly hard challenges. It was my first full year of single motherhood and I …
Happy New Year! By now, the hustle and bustle and stress of the holiday season is behind us. You have probably spent weeks shopping, gift-giving, and visiting with friends and family – mostly time spent focusing on everyone else. Now, with the New Year upon us, it is time to focus on you. As we think of New Year’s resolutions, …
