17 Dec,2021 | Happy, Positively Positive
Did anyone’s year go as planned? Despite how frustrated, exhausted, and generally over it I’ve felt lately, at least I know that I’m not alone in those feelings. So many of the plans I made at the beginning of the year just didn’t come to fruition. Don’t get me wrong,...
19 Nov,2021 | Happy, Positively Positive
Subscriptions This time of year, I find myself instinctively flinching when I open my inbox or social media, because it’s already beginning: the deluge of pre-holidays sales and manufactured urgency. It starts out as something I think I want: Half off! Free shipping!...
22 Oct,2021 | Happy, Positively Positive
This year has been one of letting a lot of things go. Before this year, I’d struggled with clutter my whole life, even as a Buddhist who practiced cultivating non-attachment diligently. I would walk into a room and marvel at just how much stuff I’d accumulated. I’m...
24 Sep,2021 | Happy, Positively Positive
There are a lot of “productivity hacks” out there designed to help us feel less overwhelmed in service of optimizing our work and ourselves. Fair warning: my personal mantra isn’t going to help you optimize anything. It’s not crafted to help you do more or be more...
27 Aug,2021 | Happy, Positively Positive
When I was a yoga teacher, one of the questions I was most often asked by students sounded something like, “How do I convince my husband to start doing yoga? I know he needs it!” The answer is deceptively simple and yet not what people want to hear: “You don’t.” They...
