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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…
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Continue reading →: Play
Sometimes self care looks differently than walking the recommended 10 00 steps, or morning meditation or eating balanced meals. And today is that day. I have already mentioned that I don’t like to plan on Sundays. It’s my day to just do whatever feels right. And what felt right today…
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Continue reading →: The Ugly Side of Self Care
I know that this doesn’t apply to everyone, so if you are one of the people who look amazing when you look in the mirror at the salon and love what you see (both before and after your service) this post is not for you. However, if you are like…
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Continue reading →: Whatever Happens, Happens
First of all the really good new, I have no pain. It’s all gone. I am still moving slowly, but nothing hurts. So my plan to ditch exercise this week, and instead concentrate on getting extra rest and stretch at least twice a day really helped. And so I am…
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 