burnout

Listening isn't just something we do for others. Sometimes the most important conversation is the one happening within ourselves.

I remember a conversation I had with a woman who had left an abusive marriage. We talked about survival, stress, exhaustion, and the slow wa...

Where Might the Water Be Getting Warm for You? (Burnout warning signs) Have you heard the boiling frog metaphor? If you drop a frog into boi...

Last year, I finally admitted something: I was exhausted not because I was working too hard, but because I was constantly paddling upstream....

I was looking back over some pages in my journal and came across this one from October.  Life is often both a juggling and balancing ac...

Instinct. Intuition. Gut feelings. Or God? Sometimes it's hard to tell where that inner knowing comes from. All I know is, it's always there...

I learned to ride a bike as a kid, like most of us do, knees scuffed, wobbling, fearless. But learning to really ride? That came later. On a...

There’s a certain magic that happens on the bike when everything clicks: my breath, my cadence, my rhythm. I’m not struggling. I’m not pushi...

Lately, my days have started with deep rest and intentional slowness. A good night’s sleep. A hot beverage on the porch. Time to read, journ...