My parents are at that age where they are seeing their friends and acquaintances of more than 30+ years pass away. Every call and update includes someone I used to know from church in the hospital or they have passed away. However, their two most recent acquaintances who passed away hit different for me. One …
Category Archives: Meditation
Choosing between family and a career
Today I made a choice. I chose my family over my career. And I feel sad about it even though I know I made the right choice. Let me backtrack a bit. The last three months have been crazy. My husband and I adopted a baby in May 2020. Truly the best thing that’s happened …
Feeling numb? It might a growth period
Wading through a distortion of personal growth and transformation It’s the end of January 2020 and so far I feel like I’ve really failed myself. I have all the goals and aspirations floating within me, but the ability to actually put it into everyday practice gave way to old habits and familiar but detrimental patterns …
Dealing with judgement from others
And how to be more aware of your own judgement patterns According to an article in Psychology Today, judging others is a form of ranking things around us that asserts our superiority. It typically takes the form of putting others down. It’s what people who think they’re “somebodies” do to people they take for nobodies. …