I know a lot of women who are telling themselves they *should* be practicing better self-care and letting the subsequent guilt keep them from the small acts that actually make up a self-care practice. While there is no magic formula Read More
Author: Natalie Stoner
Get Satisfied!
The Life Satisfaction Assessment establishes a baseline for understanding growth. Completing a Life Satisfaction Assessment at regular intervals will help you identify patterns and progress on your personal development journey. You may choose to do this weekly, every other week, Read More
What’s Your Ikigai?
Ikigai is a Japanese concept that translates as iki (life, alive, living) + gai (purpose, result, fruit) and more loosely translates to mean “the happiness of being busy” or “reason for being.” Ikigai is a verb, for those of you Read More
Time and Memory
Last week, I visited New Orleans, the city of imagination and deepest romance. The city I loved from afar until moving there, then adored with a fierceness and passion I’ve never been able to articulate, save to say that it Read More
Audit Your Beliefs
Things change. All things. Our beliefs help us navigate the world, but they shouldn’t limit us from evolving or transforming. Learning when it is time to release an outdated belief or expand and update it, is one of the key Read More
People Aren’t Buzzwords
Authenticity is one of the hottest buzzwords around. Why is modern Western culture so obsessed with genuineness and what precisely, is this tendency countering? If you look deeper at the two main concepts that people merge and confuse with authenticity; Read More
Self-Care Isn’t
Self-care Isn’t meant to be stressful or impractical. If it adds more work without commensurate stress relief, it’s not self-care. Self-care isn’t meant to be another “should” on your long list of obligations If “I should practice self-care” plays on Read More