Personal curriculums don't just have to be about knitting or making bread. You can set a simple goal of being more mindful through a 10 second daily meditation, or doing a 7 minute tai-chi routine. Allow yourself to be open to new learning, at ...

Nothing is ever delivered in one form. What you want can be achieved and fulfilled in many ways and sometimes, the true gift is in realizing that.

Fumbling and making mistakes is merely human. We all do it. There's no need to add in another heap of shame and blame on top of it. Learn from it, move forward and be better for it.

Stress is rarely from one source - it builds from many places until finally, there is a breaking point. When we learn the whole process of how this happens, we can learn to be gentler and kinder to ourselves, sooner.

Bad stuff is happening in the world. We all know and see it. Let yourself feel exactly as you are. Only when we hold space for our feelings can we accept them and begin to process them...eventually making way for hope.