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today i am heartbroken and sad and angry and frustrated. i woke up this morning wanting to rip my brain out of my head, make myself micro-sized and hide under the biggest pile of blankets i could find. i’ve spent the morning in tears (which came a total shock to me). as a small business…
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What To Do When You Don’t Want To Do Anything
Lately I’ve felt burnout, exhausted, dog-tired. I’ve been running a marathon for over two years, first it was juggling a full-time job plus a side gig, which then became my new full time career (yep – this business). Within 2 weeks of taking my little side hustle full time, my client roster was full. I…
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Tell Me About What You Need
When my grandmother moved from her home to an assisted care facility, it was not an easy decision for the family. She was resistant to losing her independence. We didn’t know what to expect from these facilities. After seeing her unhappy in her new living situation and not loving her home, my aunt and uncle (who…
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Why Do We Resist What We Ultimately Crave?
Each day, I find myself resisting. I feel resistance when I think about going to the gym or not eating that chocolate covered almond or spending a luxuriously, lazy 20 minutes reading. Instead of doing, I escape through busywork or tv or Facebook. I feel the hesitation and instead of letting the feeling pass through…
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How I Use Boomerang to Enforce MY Boundaries
If you hang around here often, you’ll know I love Boomerang, the email scheduling app for Gmail. It’s like my very own personal inbox assistant, who handily reminds me at just the right time that I need to follow-up on some piece of correspondence. And it helps me preschedule important emails to go out at…
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What I Learned from My Pups, a Neighbor and an Off-Hand Remark
She walked across the street, towards us, with a smile on her face. It was a neighbor I’d never seen before. She cheerfully said “Hello”, followed by “they’re beautiful.” I wasn’t caught off-guard until she said her next comment, “and I can see they’re regular.” You see, Georgie had just done his business on a…
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Be Kind
2014 is when it really started, bubbled to the surface and became a thing I couldn’t ignore. I had been living a life I thought I wanted – nice home, big job, fun vacations. But I was so deeply unhappy with where I was and it bled to those around me. My foul moods would…