Compassion Fatigue: Caregivers need care

Compassion Fatigue: Caregivers need care

Are you a caregiver? Do you take care of others? This may include roles or careers like mother, pastor, ministry leader, health care worker, counselor, etc. Or it may be a role you have found yourself in like caregiver for elderly parents, or caregiver for someone who...
Self-care in the nooks and crannies

Self-care in the nooks and crannies

I am seeing the exhaustion, the weariness, the overwhelm, the anxiety of so many around me. While self-care has been a buzz word for a while now, and many have learned the importance of taking care ourselves, it might look a little different right now. So many things...
Emotions Around the Holidays

Emotions Around the Holidays

It’s the most wonderful time of the year…right?!?! I am sitting here drinking hot chocolate, with Christmas music playing and the light of the tree lighting up the room BUT I am also wrapping presents, trying to remember all the things on my to do list and what the...
Motivation Part 2: Act your way to a new feeling

Motivation Part 2: Act your way to a new feeling

A couple of weeks ago in my part one blog post on motivation, I asked the question, do you have to feel like doing something in order to do it? It was concluded, that in fact, you do not have to feel like doing something in order to actually do the action. It seems...
“Should” Statements

“Should” Statements

Maybe you know what I mean by the title of this blog, or maybe you have no idea what I am talking about when I say “should statements” and just clicked on it out of curiosity. Either way, stick with me; pulling apart this idea of should statements could be...