Tag: self care
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What About Work?
One of the great challenges of incorporating frequent self-care into our lives is work. As in, what we do to keep a roof over our heads, the bill collectors at bay, and set aside a bit of scratch for our third act. If you are fortunate, you earn your bread in a field where you…
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Self-Care in Crisis
Several weeks ago, Hurricane Helene slammed into western North Carolina, laying waste to mountain communities with flood, wind, and uncharted mayhem. Add to that a deluge of disinformation that has hampered recovery and relief efforts and you can understand that these are trying times. My town was right on the edge of the devastation –…
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Equinox and Fall
According to the calendar, today is the Autumnal Equinox, which marks the first day of fall here in the Northern Hemisphere. Incredibly sophisticated, smartypants instruments tell us that the equinox isn’t exactly “equal” in all parts of the globe, but taking the idea as it is intended, today marks an equal time of daylight and…