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3 Monkeys - See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil

7 Strategies to Survive Reading the News

Holy crap, the news has been a doozy again this week! How have you been holding up? Are you suffering from news overwhelm? How many times this week have you winced before opening the news or your …

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Category: Self-CareTag: fake news, news, overload, Self-Care

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Why I’m Ditching Self-Care for Self-Love

  Have you gotten sick of all the self-care talk? I have. It's so in-your-face and well, useless. How many times have you seen a product being marketed and snorted to yourself, thinking …

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Category: Self-CareTag: motherhood, parenting, self-love

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When organizing is like screaming–and that’s a good thing, really

When I was young activist, I'd jump on the soapbox in a heartbeat. As I've aged as a grassroots organizer I've learned to not speak unless I've really got something worthwhile to share. On the other …

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Category: Resources, Self-CareTag: activism, anger, Emma Gonzalez, Glennon Doyle, organizing, outrage, rage, Stephon Clark

8 Signs You Might Be Playing Burnout Musical Chairs

What is "burnout"? It's a term that gets thrown around a lot, but usually when it comes down to making life changes people often forget it's a factor. What do I mean? You've seen it. I know you …

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Category: Resources, Self-CareTag: activism-musical-chairs, burnout, easy buttons, social-work-merry-go-round

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Slow Pedal

photo by Wayne Bishop I wasn't an athletic kid. In my grade school rampant with bullies (that's what we know to call them now, when I was little it was "just kids being kids") organized sports just …

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Category: Self-CareTag: advice, bike, low gear, slow

“We Need All of Us” by Isabel Faith Abbott

There are days that I want to do something for this world so much that it hurts. Problem is, lately there are days that I have no idea how I'm supposed to do that, exactly. There's this feeling deep …

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Category: Inspiration, Poetry, Self-CareTag: Isabel Faith Abbott, self-love

One Big Pile of I.CAN’T.EVEN.

Ever get down on yourself for not doing all that you hoped to? The big ideas are there, but you can't find the motivation to get moving? Lately I've been down on myself for not writing in this blog …

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Category: Self-CareTag: ACA repeal, advice, Trumpcare

Compassion and the Righteous Path

Let's talk compassion. It feels great to be righteous, but truth is that also means we can end up being hard on ourselves, hard on those around us. It is possible to be both passionate about the …

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Category: Resources, Self-CareTag: compassion, criticism, mistakes, Revolutionary Self-Care, righteousness

A Fascinating Look at What “Self-Care” Means Around the World | Byrdie

"Self-care" is an over-used term. It has been watered down to meaning extra cream on your latte or a pedicure. Sure, those things are great, but I subscribe to the radical idea that true self-care is …

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Category: Self-CareTag: adulting, global, world

5 Practices for Nurturing Happiness — Thich Nhat Hanh – Lion’s Roar

It's always worth listening to what the great Buddhist master Thich Nhat Hanh has to say. His teachings are deceptively simple and thought-provoking. I hear a lot of people lamenting the upcoming …

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Category: Inspiration, Self-CareTag: advice, buddhism, happiness, suffering, Thich Nhat Hanh

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