Rejuvenate & Thrive NURTURE YOUR ESSENCE Focus: "Listening to What Your Body Has Been Trying to Tell You" "The body never lies." Martha Graham Your Weekly Intentional & Sustainable Self-Care Newsletter Volume #86 "Listening to What Your Body Has Been Trying to Tell You" "It's easy to say "when you know better, you do better," but knowing isn't the same as choosing. I knew what my body required. I just didn't have the will to heed the warning—so I kept pushing straight past my capacity. A few...
7 days ago • 11 min read
Rejuvenate & Thrive NURTURE YOUR ESSENCE Focus: Stop Asking “What Should I Do?” "Intuition is the whisper of the soul." Jiddu Krishnamurti Your Weekly Intentional & Sustainable Self-Care Newsletter Volume #85 Stop Asking “What Should I Do?” "Who do you consult about your concerns? Your partner, best friend, a counselor, or self-help material? The word "should" is powerful—it pushes you to seek answers outside yourself before looking within. But you never actually check your own first...
14 days ago • 11 min read
Rejuvenate & Thrive NURTURE YOUR ESSENCE Focus: The Sacred Pause: Where Sustainable Self-Care Begins "In the rush and noise of life, as you have intervals, step home within yourselves and be still." William Penn Your Weekly Intentional & Sustainable Self-Care Newsletter Volume #84 The Sacred Pause: Where Sustainable Self-Care Begins "I know we've all heard the phrase "pause for the cause." But do you truly understand how a brief pause can prevent chaos, regret, and protect your own peace?...
21 days ago • 12 min read
Rejuvenate & Thrive NURTURE YOUR ESSENCE Focus: Creating Inner Safety: Giving Yourself Permission to Pause "Nowhere can woman find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in her own soul." Marcus Aurelius (adapted) Your Weekly Intentional & Sustainable Self-Care Newsletter Volume #83 Creating Inner Safety: Giving Yourself Permission to Pause "In the midst of life happening, can you pause? Being the doer. On autopilot. The busy bee. The fixer. The helper. Where do you have time to create...
28 days ago • 11 min read
Rejuvenate & Thrive NURTURE YOUR ESSENCE Focus: Awareness Before Action "The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance." Nathaniel Branden Your Weekly Intentional & Sustainable Self-Care Newsletter Volume #82 Awareness Before Action "Awareness is expressed in many ways throughout our lives: we ignore it on autopilot, we wait until our back is against the wall, or we slowly build evidence. I've experienced all of them. But for most of my life, "back against the wall"...
about 1 month ago • 11 min read
Rejuvenate & Thrive NURTURE YOUR ESSENCE Focus: Can You Sit With Yourself Without Fixing Anything? "In the rush to return to normal, use this time to consider which parts of normal are worth rushing back to." Dave Hollis Your Weekly Intentional & Sustainable Self-Care Newsletter Volume #81 Can You Sit With Yourself Without Fixing Anything? "Sitting with yourself is the journey of learning to sit authentically instead of running from discomfort. For most of my life, I would sit with myself,...
about 1 month ago • 10 min read
Rejuvenate & Thrive NURTURE YOUR ESSENCE Focus: Coming Home To YOU "To know what you prefer instead of humbly saying amen to what the world tells you you ought to prefer is to have kept your soul alive." Robert Louis Stevenson Your Weekly Intentional & Sustainable Self-Care Newsletter Volume #80 Coming Home To YOU "Coming Home To Me has been a process of letting go of fear, people pleasing, guilt, and shame. For years, I chased temporary moments of wholeness, never knowing how to hold onto...
about 2 months ago • 10 min read
Rejuvenate & Thrive NURTURE YOUR ESSENCE Focus: Most Self-Care Is Taught from the Outside In "To know what you prefer instead of humbly saying amen to what the world tells you you ought to prefer is to have kept your soul alive." Robert Louis Stevenson Your Weekly Intentional & Sustainable Self-Care Newsletter Volume #79 Most Self-Care Is Taught from the Outside In Do you have a relationship with yourself? Not the one you're working on. What type of relationship? Loving? On and off? Only when...
about 2 months ago • 10 min read
Rejuvenate & Thrive NURTURE YOUR ESSENCE Focus: Self-Care Is a Relationship, Not a Routine "You cannot be lonely if you like the person you’re alone with." Wayne Dyer Your Weekly Intentional & Sustainable Self-Care Newsletter Volume #78 Self-Care Is a Relationship, Not a Routine "We have all types of relationships: financial, manipulative, controlling, and loving, among others. But here's what I've learned: every single one of them stems from the relationship you have with yourself—or the...
2 months ago • 9 min read