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See for Yourself
I have a friend who likes to hike and backpack. He always takes beautiful pictures of the places that he visits. After one trip he was telling me about a camp high in the California Sierras while...
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Learn to Nurture and Be Nurtured
It was a quiet morning. I was holed up in a hotel room at the mouth of Bryce Canyon, working on this book. Working on my life. I stayed in bed for a while— thinking, pondering, wondering . Finally I...
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Replenish Yourself
Some of us don’t know how tired we are until we try to relax. Then we realize we’re exhausted. We may have lived with exhaustion and stress so long it’s become habitual. That doesn’t mean we’re bad or...
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Wants and Needs
Part of taking responsibility for ourselves means taking responsibility for what we want and need, and knowing that’s okay to do. Learning to tune-in to ourselves, learning to listen to ourselves, is...
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Honor the Needs of Your Body
Take time to rest and regroup as often as you need. At the beginning of the journey and along the way, take time to honor your body. When you honor your body, you honor your soul. You have been...
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Keep Yourself Charged
Imagine wearing an energy meter with three zones: green for safe, yellow for caution, red for danger. You’ve got a strip that reads each area of your life: nutrition, sleep, hygiene, emotions, fun,...
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Safety
One of the long-term effects of living in a dysfunctional family—as children or adults—is that we don’t feel safe. Much of what we call codependency happens because we don’t feel safe in...
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Gifts, Not Burdens
Children are gifts, if we accept them. —Kathleen Turner Crilly Children are gifts. Our children, if we have children, are a gift to us. We, as children, were gifts to our parents. Sadly, many of us...
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In it to Win it United! Reflecting on 2020 with Gratitude and Mindfulness
After a long break from writing articles, I’m back. Why? So many changes; so much unknown. It’s easy to say that it’s been an unprecedented year, but these changes have been happening for some time....
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Taking Care of Ourselves
“Isn’t everyone codependent?” a woman asked me. “Maybe,” I said. It is easy to get embroiled in other people’s dramas. Isn’t it even easier to see what other people need to do to take care of...
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