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Continue reading →: The Benefits
After 7 (cough cough) weeks of Covid/Pneumonia/and a lung condition too disgusting to mention, I am finally feeling 100% better. And I am happy to be returning to life once again. The past weeks have been really difficult for me, but now that I am feeling better, my instinct is…
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Continue reading →: The Return
I am feeling better. I am not 100% yet, my lungs are still um – well we have a bit of work to do still. But my energy is way up. The fever is gone, my mind is clear, and my depression has lifted. And while we can give the…
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Continue reading →: Saying No So I Can Say Yes
And we are off! Off to the corgi races that is. But I have to tell you, the little doggies have a lot more energy than I do right now. The corgi races are my birthday present to myself. And I have earned this! I have said no to every…
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Continue reading →: The Quiet Birthday
When your birthday arrives, and you can’t be around people because of pneumonia, so you buy yourself a cupcake, put on your pajamas, and light a match – because we dont waste candles on girls who can’t blow them out. Make a wish, let the match burn out (because huffing…
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Continue reading →: Happy New Year!
For many, September is the unofficial start of the year. It’s a time of year, when growth is noticed. Kids are back at school – bigger and wiser (hopefully), parents rush around trying to get everything done. Stores have Halloween and Christmas (yikes) decor out already, and the air is…
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Continue reading →: When It All Blows Up
This weekend will be one month since I got Covid and then ended up with pneumonia. And I had to put a temporary halt to my self care journey. I still did self care when I was sick – drank water, got a little fresh air when I could, ate…
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Continue reading →: Self Care for COVID
Confession: I am one of those people who want to go back to 2020 and the early days of the pandemic. I am an introvert, and I love having an excuse to not see people for days or weeks at a time. I am always planning weekend readathons (a solo…
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Continue reading →: Salad Days
I have noticed that I have been eating a lot more than I normally do. I think it’s because a) I am mostly awake for more hours in the day than I was in my pre self care program, and b) my days are jam-packed with activity. So my meals…
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Continue reading →: The Artist’s Way
With the approach of every autumn, (if you are an educator, you, like me mibelieve that autumn starts with the first day of school), I find myself re-reading Julia Cameron’s book The Artist’s Way. I have some of her other books as well, but this is the one I keep…
My name is Laura. This blog will serve as documentation on a 90 day (and perhaps longer) commitment to new self-care practices. If you find yourself here, you will join me in daily walks by the water, and occasional forest or tree lined street, new to me healthy recipes, some lessons discovered during therapy sessions, reading a few books, watching a few movies, and finding some fun. This journey into self-care will revolve around my core values of curiosity, creativity, inclusion, accountability, and harmony.
Welcome.
Solitude & Sereni.tea 