How to recognize, prevent, and recover from burnout
When you are in a state of burnout, it can feel like you are trapped in a hole, stuck beneath a rock. It can be hard to see where you are, and even harder to…
Mindset
Essays on the mindset needed to live the good life.. This includes compassion, mindfulness, self-care, and the ability to savour experiences.
Let the seasons guide you to the good life
Nature has an annual cycle. Winter, spring, summer, and autumn. Each season has different weather, energy, feeling, and food.
How to use anxiety to improve your life
Disclaimer: This post is talking about the type of anxiety that all humans get. If you have an anxiety disorder and are struggling, seek help your primary care provider and especially from a counsellor you…
Can I be healthy with a chronic disease?
Remember that moment, sitting in the doctor’s office and getting the results. It is scary and there are a lot of unknowns, but you also feel relieved. You have a name now. A name of…
The Foundations for the Good Life
We all want to live a good life. It is what lies behind our desire for a good job, career, partner, family, home, a place in the world that is our own. We want to…
Can you be a perfectionist without knowing it?
You believe the saying, “Everything worth doing is worth doing well.” And you also believe the flip side of that saying. If you can’t do it well, don’t do it at all. But you might not even realize that you have these beliefs. I didn’t.
“I have no willpower.” A case for self-care.
Welcome to February. In this month, most people who set New Year’s Resolutions will have given up on them. It is also a month of love – with Valentine’s Day putting romantic relationships on display. These two facts might seem unrelated. But I think these two ideas are more connected than we might believe at first glance…
Enjoy the Journey: 4 ways to put this cliche to work in your own life.
“Enjoy the Journey.” It is an overused cliche, but there is a lot of truth to it, and a lot that we can take from it. Savouring the work infuses mindfulness and gratitude into whatever we are doing. If we can find a way to savour the work, even the difficult parts of life, we can bring greater depth to our everyday experiences.
Life’s Little Luxuries
A life hack to savour the little moments of luxuries in every day life – to enjoy your day and your life.
What does it mean to live the good life?
The mission of this blog (both you reading this, and myself in writing it) to create a foundation of healthy habits upon which to live the good life. I’ve started with a series of posts…