Dear Sister of the Heart, Yesterday was the last day of my 40-day commitment to spend daily time in my rest cave. My rest cave is the spare room in my house (the guest room) that I have now called dibs on. I have decorated it with a rest altar (with a candle and a […]
Read MoreSupporting your daughter with anxiety
I remember the first time I named that I had anxiety. I was 3 months postpartum with Eliza and the wired/tired feeling wasn’t going away. I’d wander around the house at night, my baby finally blissfully asleep, but I’d be restless. (And yes, I’ve gotten support in the 25 years since then, and I’m doing […]
Read MoreThe voices in your head: meanness vs. kindness
Dear Sister of the Heart, How do you speak to yourself? I don’t mean speaking out-loud to yourself- though you might do that sometimes. I mean your inner voice or voices. Do you speak to yourself with kindness? With meanness? A bit of both? Let’s pause for a moment and consider what those voices inside […]
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