Me being a curmudgeon at the start of summer
{I had titled this “ping pong thoughts at the start of summer” but by the end if felt I should change the title. And since the line-through-text for...
Category: Self-compassion
In search of coping mechanisms
Today was a bad day. Not necessarily for me, but for people I care about. So naturally, I felt really bad for them. And again I was reminded that when I’m...
Two weeks without a mask mandate (and lamenting the lack of thoughtful dialogue)
On an update on the last two weeks as we’ve moved away from masks for the first time where I live. (This turned out to be a looooong one. You’ve been warn...
I wish I were more sure of myself
I don’t feel like I’ve ever been very sure of myself, but I’m pretty sure they pandemic eroded what little conviction I did have. (Sheesh, I c...
The post that won’t upload (and apologies for my unannounced absence)
I did not mean to be gone for so long, but this week kicked my ass. Hard. There just ended up being way too much to do. Some of it was my fault for actually tak...
Some days I just…
Some days I want to come here and write and I’m not sure exactly why. What do I want to say? I have other stuff to do right now, but I opened this page in...
Incremental Gains
Well, my week break is over. I did a much better job managing expectations this time, but I still feel disappointed by what I accomplished. I realize that I nee...
Suck It Up
Someone close to me, someone it is my job to support, is really struggling right now. She is getting professional help, and working hard to make positive change...
So why am I crying all the time?
I suspect some of you may be wondering why showing myself self-compassion has resulted in frequent cry-fests. Isn’t the point of being kind to myself to f...
Full Circle
{So this post started one way, and ended another. And the way it ended felt pretty profound. It may seem like I figured all this stuff out already– I̵...