Making Friends with Fear
And learning to LOVE that part of yourself you’ve been rejecting.
Entries by Karen Banting
Just do the Bare Minimum
No seriously, I mean it. Full permission to do only what is most needed right now. The less the better.
Looking on the Bright Side
The cool thing is, as we start to train our brains to notice positives, they start doing that for us throughout our days.
Emotional Heavy Lifting
Our emotions exist to be felt, to tell us whatever it is they are trying to tell us, and then to move on.
In Defense of Rest
Tired. Overwhelmed. Burnt out. Whatever you want to call it, exhaustion seems to be the theme of January 2021.
Who do you think you are?
In truth, what other people think about us isn’t really about us. It’s about them. It’s about their own egos, and the ways that we..
Letting Go of the Old
In a way, 2020 has been all about letting go. So much fell away from us all at once, and we just don’t know when the life we…
Hope is a verb.
Hope feels hard to come by right now, doesn’t it? Losing Ruth Bader Ginsberg felt like the death blow 2020 had been holding
The Upside of Judgment
Judging is something we do so naturally as humans, and it’s especially easy to judge others right now, isn’t it?
Give Yourself a Break… from Yourself
I’m not here to talk about all that’s wrong with the world, because you don’t need any more of that.