10 ways to make life a little easier
Life can be complicated enough without our making it any harder. And between everything we need to do and everything we somehow convince ourselves we should do, it's easy to spend far more time and energy than we'd like just trying to keep up.
maybe we just need less to manage
I gotta say, I'm beat. And I bet I'm not the only one.
For the last two and a half years, I’ve been writing, re-writing, editing, revising, and publishing a book, and as wonderful as that is, it’s taken the wind out of my sails.
learning to take up space
Life has a way of shrinking us down. Many of us learn early in life to stay in line, lower our voices, and avoid drawing attention to ourselves. While some of that training served a purpose when we were young, we eventually carry it into adulthood, along with the idea that taking up space is a bad thing.
what does “Listen to your body” actually mean?
“Listen to your body.”
It sounds simple enough. It’s the kind of advice many of us have heard countless times, especially when we’re dealing with pain, illness, stress, or exhaustion.
But what does it actually mean?
when I thought creativity had left me
There are some things that many of us have always been searching for: truth, clarity, that ever-fleeting creative spark. Yet more often than not, those things have been right there in front of us the entire time.
7 things i started doing between doctor visits to take my power back
Some of the hardest words I heard in the doctor's office weren't "We don't know what's wrong," or even "There's nothing more we can do."
They were: "We'll see you again in three to six months."
And like so many others living with chronic illness or pain, I found myself wondering:
"Okay...but what am I supposed to do until then?"
why I don’t use the word “acceptance”
There’s a word that rarely appears in my work.
Not because I don’t understand its meaning.
And not because I think there’s anything inherently wrong with it.
But because, for me, it has always felt a little… unsettled.
The word is acceptance.
I call it… the “A” word.
When “Just” Isn’t simple
Few words sting quite like just when you’re living with chronic pain. It might sound harmless enough on the surface, yet it carries an assumption that effort, access, and capacity are universal. In this context, it can feel like a four-letter word that cuts to the bone.