Turning New Year’s resolutions into lifelong habits begins with setting SMART goals. They help you think about what you want to change, why you want to change it, and how you will get there. If you haven’t written down your SMART goals yet, go back and read Time to make a change: How to set […]
Fight the Seasonal Urge to Go Dormant
Some people feel a surge of energy with the cooler weather. While others, like plants are beginning to go dormant. Before you succumb to a state of no-to-low physical activity for the winter, remember how good it feels to move. The motivation to be active in the winter is the hardest part, physically and mentally. […]
The Gift of Self-Compassion
We can be extremely hard on ourselves! Our tendency towards being chronically self-critical has been called the “trance of unworthiness.” In Tara Brach’s, Ph.D., article, “Awakening From the Trance of Unworthiness,” she argues that this is not just a personal experience but a societal epidemic of feeling unworthy and deficient. At an early age we […]
