Self-Care

Letting go can be very difficult… but it can also be so freeing and healing. Recently, I was feeling quite tense and having a hard time relaxing. So I asked myself, “What do I need to let go of?” I decided to take some quiet time to stop, go inward, connect to my breath, and reflect. After sitting with this, I realized that I needed to let go of: - Control over my new home to being perfect. -Expectations of myself to do everything at once. -Along with expectations I had for m

I remember the first Summer that I did not feel like myself post-COVID. I was experiencing extreme anxiety, and fatigue but I kept pushing through as if everything were fine. I was working on two farms, managing one of them completely, and tending to a large garden at home on our homestead. I recall a particular day on the farm when I was managing an intern who said, “Wow you do so much, you are like Superwoman!” That kind of praise used to validate me. But that day I did