self compassion

Love Yourself: Accept Yourself As You Are (Like…Right Now)

Like clockwork, when it’s time for me to write a blog on a specific topic, I find myself struggling with that topic. It’s particularly true with this month’s topic of self-love. For the past few weeks, I’ve grappled with feeling not enough, (never enough), and a...

A PSA on Enoughness

  Here we are. The last Sunday in November. Some of us had some time off. Some of us worked extra. Some of us traveled. Some of us stayed home. Regardless, many of us may be experiencing...

Personal Accountability: Self-Care Can Lead to Productivity

This Personal Accountability reminder comes from Melissa as a Collins Living-Learning Center senator Indiana University Bloomington, 1990-91. Serving in student government her sophomore year meant getting really into writing resolutions. So much so that she...

Approval Seeking: Why We Do It & And How To Let it Go

When’s the last time you craved approval? I’m not referring to an official type of approval, like from a bank for your mortgage, or from a client for your project to move forward. I’m talking about someone else seeing you and giving you that ‘ya done good, kid’ pat...