What’s one simple trick to increase the odds that your therapist is able to meet your therapeutic needs? Ask for what you need! Ok, this might not be a real hack, and the title of this post is just a bad spin on “How to Win Friends and Influence People”, a book I haven’t […]
It’s Bright Out, Put on Some Rose-Colored Shades
People get pretty hard on themselves as we navigate yet another wave of the pandemic. Shouldn’t I be used to this “new normal”? Shouldn’t I be used to work from home while parenting kids who are schooling from home? Why am I so exhausted? I am sick of feeling burnt out by trying to stay […]
Cycling as a Lesson on Community and Connection
I started riding my bike to work a few months ago. As the weather became more lovely, I started seeing more people, saying good morning to more people, waving hello to more kids in strollers, smiling at more cute dogs, saluting more of my fellow comrades on bicycles, saying thank you to more garbage and […]
Getting Creative with Self-Care
When I talk about self-care some people are hesitant, having seen self-care reduced to simplistic, and often expensive, ideas about how we can treat ourselves. The four quadrants model was developed by Dr. Jennifer Middleton–this variation asks that we consider how we can care for ourselves in an ongoing and day to day way, but […]