How to Deal with Overwhelm

How to Deal with Overwhelm

As the year begins to progress, the feelings of the post-holiday season and New Year spark are beginning to fade as we find projects and deadlines at work piling up. Friends and family are coming out of hibernation and wanting to socialize more and some people are...
How to Define What Success Looks Like for You

How to Define What Success Looks Like for You

In the U.S., we are conditioned to seek “success”; it’s baked into the American Dream.  How many books have been sold about the secrets to success?  Everyone wants a piece of the success pie.  But what success looks like to each person is very different and you want...
Reclaiming Rest

Reclaiming Rest

In my second blog post about reclaiming aspects of our lives that have been lost in the post-industrial era, I want to address reclaiming rest.  During the darker months especially, there is an opportunity to slow down, turn inward and reflect.  And yet, in our...
Reclaiming Abundance

Reclaiming Abundance

As we approach the holiday season, we will be feasting and gathering with friends and family.  As we are encouraged to think about what we are grateful for, I think this is a great time to think about reclaiming abundance. Recently many folks have been talking about...
Why Pleasure Activism?

Why Pleasure Activism?

If you’re not familiar with the term, adrienne maree brown, in her book by the same name, defines pleasure activism as “the work we do to reclaim our whole, happy, and satisfiable selves from the impacts, delusions and limitations of oppression and/or supremacy.” ...