Self-care

3 Tips to Help You Get Through Thanksgiving Without Too Many Tears

3 Tips to Help You Get Through Thanksgiving Without Too Many Tears

This year, the holidays are going to be a doozie. You not only have to deal with the pain of remembering happy Thanksgivings past when you celebrated with your husband and the family but you also may have to be planning a quiet meal with just the few people allowed in your bubble . . .

Four Practices to Help You Feel Better: reflections from my week at a yoga retreat

Four Practices to Help You Feel Better: reflections from my week at a yoga retreat

A couple of weeks ago, I took myself off to spend a week at a yoga retreat in the Bahamas. The retreat was at an ashram and along with lots of yoga, I did daily meditation and attended workshops on a bunch of topics, from mindfulness to forgiveness. I so often thought about you, always looking for things to bring back, like a mother bird flying around looking for worms to take back to the nest . . .