Hello everyone--hope this edition of MWB finds you doing well. Today, we've managed to move from snow to spring here in the Kansas City. This week's round-up edition features several double-headers. Normally, I choose one post per author per week, but this week I just couldn't choose. This week is a whole lot of focus on self-care. There is … [Read more...]
Mid-Week Balance: 27 February 2013
February 27, 2013 by 1 Comment
Hi all. This week's MWB roundup comes to you after Kansas City got slammed with back-to-back storms. Down in my part of town, we got close to two feet. Not quite a Northeastern blizzard, but a lot for the Midwest! Fortunately, the roads were clear enough to make it to the office today, and the power outage at my office was a brief one. And … [Read more...]
Mid-Week Balance: 14 March 2012
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So, I know that I said last week that I'd be out of town this week. And I am. But there was so much amazing stuff in my RSS feed that I had to put together a collection for this week too! Jonathan Fields had a guest writer on his blog this week, Emile Wapnick. She writes about the process of taking "mini-risks" as a way to energize herself … [Read more...]
Mid-Week Balance: 30 November 2011
November 30, 2011 by 1 Comment
Every helping professional I know occasionally struggles with practicing what we preach. We get so invested in our commitments to others--and the fulfillment we derive from meeting those needs--that we forget to attend to our own self-care. So, this week, I'm challenging myself to walk the talk. There's a lot on my plate, and I don't know if … [Read more...]
Mid-Week Balance: 24 August 2011
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If you are a regular MWB reader, you know that there it can be kind of a grab-bag. Some weeks I have a theme, some weeks I'm just sharing a random collection of things that spoke to me. This week is a bit more of a theme week. All of the posts this week focus in some way on the elements of being present in our bodies & minds, or of … [Read more...]
