Monday through Thursday is slow and boring, or filled with stressful events and projects to get done. You think, just hold out to the weekend. We’ve got 4 days…3 days…2 days until Friday. There’s a movie releasing this week, or a fun project that’s sitting in your mind, but during the week there’s no time for it. It’ll have to wait for the weekend.

Then finally, when Friday hits, we’re so close to being released from the entrapment of work—TGIF, Thank God it’s Friday, as some people say. Time to let yourself relax and finally do the things you were looking forward to all week.

Saturday whirls by—maybe you see that new movie, get started on a project, or relax a bit, but the day blurs by all too fast. Sunday rises and the dread sits in, Tomorrow is Monday and this whole cycle will start again. Maybe you make a little bit more headway on your project, but you carry the dread Monday with you all day. Sunday ends, Monday begins, and the cycle restarts.

The excitement (or stress) from the holidays often brings a flood of sensory input that can quickly become overwhelming. Bright overhead lights, loud holiday music, children screaming with excitement, carts clattering in the store, crowded aisles, and toys wiggle-dancing on the shelves with flashing lights—that’s a lot to process.

Sensory overwhelm happens when our brains receive more input than they can process. This week, let’s explore ways to manage sensory overwhelm so we can enjoy this time of year without the overload.

We are coming up on a busy time of the year. There is likely a lot on your plate besides the usual daily tasks and chores, buying gifts, scheduling time with your family, booking flights, cooking meals, and so on.

How do you make sure you remember to do all the things?

It’s not always easy to set boundaries because often setting boundaries is continuous. Even if you have made it through the first challenge of communicating a boundary, there is still more work with setting boundaries. This week, let’s explore how to set healthy boundaries and what not to do when setting boundaries.

How many times have you hesitated to ask a question, worrying it might sound “stupid”? We often hold back because we feel we should already know the answer and asking might make us look foolish. But the truth is, if you have a question, chances are most other people have the same question, too—they’re just as hesitant to ask.

So, go ahead and ask. What are you wondering?

Autumn is just around the corner, reminding us of the beauty in letting go as the trees shed their leaves. Tonight, under the full moon, we will be hosting a Sound Bath (details below) as we welcome the season and embrace this moment of culmination. As the moon begins to wane in the coming weeks, it invites us to release what no longer serves us, making space for new growth and transformation.

In these days, we strive for maximum efficiency. Multi-tasking. Automations. Speedy technology. We have options for instant communication across the world. We can search for a question online and have an answer within seconds. 

With everything expected to be fast or instant, we get caught up in this slipstream of hustle culture. But, what’s the rush?

Simplifying your life is about removing unnecessary complexities and stressors. Particularly, these stressors are the small frustrations of everyday life that add up.

Stepped into a puddle and now you have wet socks. Went for a car ride with the windows down and now your hair is a snarled mess for your meeting. There are wires for every device in the house, and no matter how many times you untangle them, they always wind up in a tangled mess where you trip over them.

To say the least, these minor inconveniences are annoying at best and downright frustrating at worst. So this week, let’s look at how we can simplify our lives.

Habits are both hard to maintain and to break. It’s common to end up making a habit that you didn’t intend to make, like sleeping in during the summer season. Weeks go by and now the habit is ingrained in your routine and difficult to shake off. To make matters more frustrating, the habits you do want to build are having a hard time sticking to your schedule.

This week, let’s look at our morning routines and maybe shake things up a little bit so you can get an extra morning boost for a productive and happy day.