Summertime

Are all of you giving-in to the lazy, restful dog days of summer? Well if the kids are home — maybe not (but at least you are not managing homework).

We may be working then vacationing or enjoying a staycation as we sense and feel the warmth in the air that heats us inside. I am taking a break from blogging this month allowing me more spaciousness in the month of August. So read good fiction, curl up and nap and create digital room away from your devices. I hope you choose to walk in nature, hike, bike, go to the beach and most of all allow rest and a sense of well-being that summertime affords us with all its pleasurable opportunities.

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Rest and Relaxation

[Written during my year-end vacation]

How is your transition going as you start the New Year? I am fortunate enough to have an extended transition period to mid-January to slowly slide into the start of activities in the New Year. So I decided to write on the topic of rest and relaxation. What I am noticing is how important it is to have time and a place to unwind completely. Do we allow ourselves that ‘luxury’? Our belief might be that we must remain dutiful and ‘busy’ or risk everything falling apart. Sometimes we don’t actually know how to relax as we maintain a constant state of low to high-grade activity laced with anxiety and worry. Hyper-busyness is a defense against slowing to the deeper feelings and states that exist underneath the restless surface.

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