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Are You an Asker or a Guesser?

Are you stressed out by all the requests you get?

No matter what you do for a living, if...

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HALT! You Might Need a Snack

Have you ever done a HALT check?

HALT stands for Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired.

If you’re in...

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Self-Care You Can Do While Your Dog Works on a Kong

How often do you give yourself a small win?

Life is pretty hard (duh) and taking care of...

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Why You Need to (Literally) Schedule Some Fun

Does scheduling fun make me look nerdy?

So be it. Because scheduling fun works.

And not just...

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Is Self-Care Letting Organizations Off The Hook?

I’m always full of questions, but lately these are at the top of my mind:

Who benefits when...

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What Climbing Mt. Katahdin Taught Me

You must do the things you think you cannot do.
– Eleanor Roosevelt

My father...

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Practice Compassionate Badassery

I learned the phrase “compassionate badassery” a few years ago when I stumbled into...

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2018 Words of the Year: Ease + Receive

Do you choose words of the year? For the last few years, I’ve chosen a word or phrase to...

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Grief, Grad School, and What I Ate

…By choosing food as your drug—sugar highs, or the deep, soporific calm of...

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Your Heart is Your Powerhouse

And I bet it’s working overtime these days. So many compassionate people I know, who...

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