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 ...

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 ...

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! ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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’ ...

My husband leaves his shoes in terrible places. Strewn best describes their daily fate. Birkenstocks or old leather boots laying across the path to the bathroom like land mines. It ...