We live in a culture that rewards quantity over quality, urgency over thoughtfulness, productivity over rest. As a result, we learn to ignore our needs and become blunted to receiving the signals of the body that are trying to let us know when we need to stop, eat, rest, recover, and restore. It’s not normal to be “on” all the…

Being the best, most actualized version of yourself doesn’t mean that you don’t struggle with anxiety or depression, or that you never have negative, critical thoughts about yourself running in your mind. It means that you learn to slow down and tend to those hurt parts when they come up. Too often, people think they can’t ever really be happy,…

Slow down sometimes, when you can. Think of the pace of a garden. Always growing, ebbing and flowing, progress being sometimes invisible and sometimes overnight. Tend to the earth of your body, mind, and soul. Weed out what doesn’t belong, plant what nourishes, and care for it. Again and again. A constant tending of love. The invitation is to take…