Validation
I love validation. I learned about the consequence of validation way later than what was ideal, but now I see it as one of life’s true necessities. Being a parent, a teacher, and a health care provider has helped me understand the primal craving we have for validation, and what validation provides for us. Children [...]
Breath Work
This is the perfect time of year to find our freshness: post holidays, mid-winter with a long stretch of uninterrupted life in front of us and spring break still a mirage. At the hospital, I begin work at 7:30 am, and try as I might, have failed in my attempts to exercise before work. So, [...]
Breathe, Connect, Live
I was going to write about ways to recover from the holiday, or ways to reboot your body with good nutrition and exercise after a possible self-care slump; or solutions for keeping our New Years resolutions, but instead I find myself writing about doing less, and better yet, doing less through leisure. In OT school [...]