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Continue reading →: Flow State
This week in my meditation class, we are discussing and reflecting on the topic of flow. The concept seems so easy. Be present. Be so completely immersed in the moment or in the activity that you are enjoying. When was the last time you did that? I have glimpses of…
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Continue reading →: Let’s Try This Again
Sometimes we have to take more than one stab at something in order to get it right, or to even give it a chance to stick. This does not make us failures. But it does mean that we recognize that we need to give these new habits a little more…
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Continue reading →: Throwing Out the Plans
I have developed (with the help of ChatGPT) a pretty comprehensive self-care plan for the next 3 months. This week concerns itself with exercise. Every day the goal is to spend 90 minutes walking or exercising outdoors, along with a few 20 minute at home yoga classes to be done…
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Continue reading →: A Promise To Myself
This chandelier is an art piece by Rodney Graham, it hangs under the Granville Street Bridge in Vancouver. I pass this piece of art almost every single day, when walking the seawall and commiserating with the dogs of the city. Every time I walk past it, I want to dance…
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Continue reading →: Eat The Cheese
“Eat the cheese”, she said. This may be the very best advice I have ever received from a therapist. We were discussing some recent life events, that I wasn’t sure how to navigate through, and she suggested that I stop focusing on the situation, and put the focus back on…
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Continue reading →: The Kickoff
Today is the day. Day 1 of 90, where I make self-care the priority in my life. If you are like me, self-care may be the first thing that goes when life gets busy and everything else becomes super-important. And what happens next is overwhelm, anxiety, accidental harm, and perhaps…
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.
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