Tag: rest
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Self-Care Series pt. 4: On Connecting With Others
When I’m depressed, I tend to isolate. I feel ashamed of my depressed feelings and apathy, I feel insecure and anxious, and I don’t want anyone to see me in this state. Unfortunately the impact of self-isolating is cyclical: I isolate to avoid others, avoiding others makes me feel isolated, and it repeats and repeats…
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Self-Care Series pt. 3: Find What Fuels You
Self-care is important. And part of self-care is just finding out what fuels you — what gives you energy, life, and rejuvenation. In the first two parts of this series on self-care, I walked you through the importance of rest, and then exercising & eating well. Today we are talking about the things that not…
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Self-Care Series pt. 1: The Importance Of Rest
Rest is important. Boom, bang, done. If there’s anything I want you to glean from this post, it is the importance of rest and taking the time you need to re-energize and re-fuel yourself. For someone who is a rest advocate, I will confess I am not great at prioritizing time to rest myself. It…
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One Month In: Life Lessons From A Future Attorney
I’ve been a law student for a month now. Yes, folks!!! Four weeks! 30 days! Late nights! Early mornings! That is an entire month of study sessions, introductions, office hours, Zoom classes, and power naps. All the things! And guess what? I haven’t even cried once! Now that I am essentially a practicing attorney (100%…
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Slow & Steady: On Resting Well
Life is different now. Even as I go back to work at my climbing gym, my life has looked drastically different than it did just a couple months ago. And I have a feeling yours is different, too. Remember the moral of the story about the tortoise and the hare? Slow and steady wins the…
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8 Steps For A Well 2018
Wellness is important to me. Heck, it’s important in general, it’s important for everyone. Wellness is important simply because it boils down to how we function: are we well or not? Are we thriving or surviving? Are we living or barely making it? This new year gives us a new opportunity to focus on wellness,…
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