Self-Care Hacks for the Stressed-Out and Overwhelmed
Self-Care Hacks for the Stressed-Out and Overwhelmed
Who has enough time for everything in their lives? Not me! You might not realize how important it is to take care of yourself artistically, though. All to often, art and creativity get cut first when budgets shrink and deadlines loom. #artisticselfcare #creativity #selfcare #SelfCareSunday #takecareofyourself #knitting #painting #photography #puzzles #baking #cooking #journaling
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Most of us are born healthy, but life circumstances, poor choices, heredity, and family of origin can chip away at our well being. These two hacks will help you start on your journey to better health. #healthylifestyle #journeytohealth #weightloss #exercisehabits #goals #habits #choices #family #journey #selfcarehacks #podcast #selfcare
Ever heard someone say, ‘Be angry and sin not?’ Or what about ‘Don’t go to bed angry?’ I used to think these were mandates for me as a Christian to hold my temper and forgive my husband before we went to sleep at night. Not anymore! #anger #healthyemotions #Christian #sin
Self-Care Sundays For the next eight months, I’ll continue the MAPS theme from my Write 31 Days Challenge. I strongly feel that in our self-indulgent culture, we often lose sight of the difference between nurturing ourselves and indulging ourselves. Occasional indulgence won’t hurt anyone, but a steady diet of indulgence that overlooks actual self-care can …
The Problem with Denial “Lie still,” the radiation tech told me, “and whatever you do, try not to swallow!” Dread built in me as the motor on the CT scanner whirred and I slowly slid into the tube. The tech’s warning to not swallow immediately made me swallow convulsively. Again, and again. My mouth went …
co-pi-let•noun: a pilot who helps the main pilot operate an airplane, helicopter, ect. Siri as Copilot “I think you missed the exit,” I said, as we flew down the highway. Sure enough, a second later Siri went through her ‘recalculating route’ routine. Pedro looked at me and grimaced. Even though Siri had plotted a route …
mo-ti-vate • verb: to give someone a reason for doing something Journey to Wholeness I hate to break it to you, but change requires hard work, determination, persistence, and the ability to get back up and continue even when we fall flat on our faces. This applies to every aspect of MAPS (Mental, Academic/Artistic, Physical, …
Wor-ship • verb: to show respect and love for God. Today I continue the conversation with Shelley Weaver, an artist who rediscovered her passion for ceramic arts and started working on her craft when her youngest went off to college. Today Shelley talks about art as worship, developing art in children, and what she does …
Cre-ate• verb: to produce something new by using your talents and imagination. Today I invite you to look at the other half of the A in MAPS—an acronym to help us remember how to nurture ourselves. Have you ever noticed how the letter A has two sides? We’ll call those two sides Academic and Artistic. …
Knowl-edge • noun: information, understanding, or skill that you get from experience or education. The first part of this series focused on mental wholeness—how to achieve it and why it matters. That constitutes the M in the MAPS acronym. The next section focuses on the A—academic and artistic wholeness. There’s no Growth in the Comfort …
