Practices to exit the grind
Friends! This is part 3 of a series about unhooking from Toxic Productivity. If you missed it… You can read part 1 here, where I set the scene, tell some ...
Time to gear down?
Dear one! Last week I shared part 1 of unhooking from toxic productivity loops. It hit a nerve! Many of you replied, resonating, called out, wanting to shift how you’re ...
Toxic Productivity Loops
Hello, Radiant Soul made of Stardust! Radiant Soul who, incidentally, is a Human Being made of Quirks, and Qualms and may, like me, be experiencing a Cascade of Comedic Tragedies! ...
Just in time: What if we’re not behind?
I don’t know if I gave this piece the right title. Maybe it should be called Nothing they told me would make me happy actually makes me happy. Or what ...
Today’s my Birthday – and this is the gift I most want to give and receive
Hello dear humans! I’m writing to you from an adorable, bright yellow apartment in the heart of Reykjavik, Iceland, the first stop on a bucket list trip I’m taking with ...
The dog I never wanted, didn’t ask for and actively tried to refuse just died and I’m pretty sad about it
One of my favourite moments when my mother-in-law was dying was when she— I should back up. My mother-in-law dying was not a good time. It wasn’t like there were ...
Discipline & Heat = Spaciousness & Relief
I’ve been waving the flag of rest and wintering for a while. I’m riding the wave of discipline and heat and it’s enlivening! I used to exercise in a way ...
Courting your Calling
Whose voice is that? It’s a question I’ve asked myself, asked clients and been asked countless times. The inner voices of doubt, criticism, resistance or perfectionism may be familiar to ...
What Is Leadership? Podcast – Melanie Sheckels – Befriending Death (Transcript)
Melanie Sheckels is a registered nurse and a death, grief and trauma educator/guide, helping hundreds of humans move from fear and freeze into possibility and ease. Melanie founded ‘Threshold Doula’ ...
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Such a loser
I got very sick just before Christmas. Maybe you did too. Seems to be the vibe. The typical cold and flu season we’d come to expect pre-covid is a far-away ...