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Continue reading →: Supporting Friends Is Self Care
Last night, I had the opportunity to support a very good friend (via livestream, because I live far away), as she shined in the lead role as Madame Flora aka Baba, in the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra’s production of The Medium by Gina Carlo Menotti. I think that most people feel…
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Continue reading →: I am a Time Lord
It’s taken me awhile, six months or so, to figure out a hidden benefit of a self care practice. The more I prioritize myself, my healing, and my own self love and care, the more time I have. I am no longer rushing around trying to get things done. I…
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Continue reading →: Happy New Year!
Happy Almost New Year – or actual New Year, depending on where you are tuning in from. In the western part of Canada, we still have a ways to go before the clock strikes 2025. But I am here for it. I am ready for a new calendar year. 2024…
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Continue reading →: Signs
I have started gifting myself self-care dates. Once upon a time, called artist dates (if you follow The Artist’s Way program by Julia Cameron), you will know what I am talking about. I have re-named them, because they are supposed to be a block of time, that you devote to…
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Continue reading →: Silence Is Self Care
This morning, I had the opportunity to attend the Face of Leadership- Inclusive Leadership Forum, put on by Minerva BC. And it was a wonderful experience, to hear experienced, capable, and human(e) voices who celebrate and work tirelessly for gender equality. In this morning’s first session – a conversation between…
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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…
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 