Some people hover just below your boundary line

Some people hover just below your boundary line

by | Boundaries

While receiving treatment for my shoulder and neck a couple of weeks back – all better now, thank you! – my osteopath explained how we all have thresholds of stress and if we are very close to that threshold, it will not take much to tip us over. Many of...
How I Self-Soothed My Way Out of a Comparison Binge

How I Self-Soothed My Way Out of a Comparison Binge

by | Self

Photo by Kat M for Blogtacular This time last week, I shared I was coming out of a meltdown of sorts. I’d listened to the opening keynote speaker at my friend’s conference, Blogtacular, and in my hangry, hanxious (thanks to BR reader Arlena for that one),...
Lessons from a short-lived comparison binge

Lessons from a short-lived comparison binge

by | Self

I had a case of the comparison wobbles earlier. Thankfully these are few and far between; in olden times, me feeling inadequate due to how I perceived another person would have sent me into a spiral of berating me, with my inner critic piping in with,...