Category Archives: Stress Mgmt

Oregon Spring can bring out the artist in all of us

  Snapshots from the homestead~ As I stroll around and try to figure out my next tasks for my homesteading project this year, I can’t help but be overwhelmed by the beauty already here this......

Five Minute Check-In: Knowing When to Let Go

  Although the last two to three weeks have been especially challenging – typical road bumps around money and unexpected expenses– this past week was one of professional realizations, fami......

Part Two: Tearing Down that Brick Wall

Getting back to using the Jenga metaphor I used in Part One for problem solving, I have to see each task awaiting me as I enter into homesteading as a brick to pull from this huge goal. Recogniz......

My longest post EVER?

Windows seem to frequently represent possibility or potential. At least, they do for me. I had a window open up for me a few days ago and the view was unsettling. During a recent conversation w......

Capturing those moments, one at a time, and holding them close

Last Fall, I went on a wine tour with some high school friends (notice that I omitted the word “old”?) Having lived in Oregon as long as I have, I don’t believe I’ve ever been on an official tou......

Paying Attention to my Lupus Road Signs in January

This morning, I’m so happy to see the sun streaming through the windows again. Well, once I get past the realization that they desperately need cleaning. We have had three glorious days of beau......

Follow Up

Dropping by today to post some follow up pics on the holiday gifts I put together. Hopefully they will inspire you to create something this year. In my December 2012 post, Hurricane Maria, I men......

“…- – -…” the CI Way

The other day I received an email from a friend and colleague who has been hit hard with the flu, by Pacific NW standards. Oregon hasn’t been hit as hard as the rest of the country…yet, ap......

January and February are Discovery Months!

As I try to finish up those holiday gifts that I still haven’t  finished, I’m seeing my weekly schedules begin to fill up with work.  Before I get too swamped and overbooked, though,I want......

Five Minute Check-In: The Flu

It is a new year and I am going to try different approaches to making my life more my own. What I know about the effects of chronic stressors on one’s health, what stress tells my immune system ......