This Messy Wild Life

Being Good and Other Ways We Abandon Ourselves healing menopause mental health middle age midlife midlife crisis self-care self-love wellness

From girlhood, we were shaped like clay.

Told to be “good,” to be pretty, to be helpful, be skinny, be perfect, be happy, and be nice with whomever you're with.

We became masters of morphing—softening our edges, shrinking our voices, smoothing out our brilliance to make others comfortable.
Don’t ma...

Burned Out burnout life-inventory overwhelm self-care wellness

Indulge me -- I created an acronym. This is one of the biggest problems I am seeing. Does any of this resonate with you?

B - Burned out
U - Unfulfilled
R - Repressing feelings
N - Neglecting self
E - Energy drains
D - Depressed

O - Overwhelm
U - Unsatisfied
T - Time Out

Burnout and Overwhelm are a real ...