by Kirsten Manley-Casimir | Mar 25, 2022 | Global Pandemic, Health, Self-care, Sleep, surviving
The pandemic has provided an important lesson in how to adapt. For most of the pandemic, I have been surviving on between 3 to 6 hours of sleep per night. This lack of sleep is related to heightened anxiety affecting one of my children caused by the...
by Kirsten Manley-Casimir | Sep 28, 2021 | Big Ideas, Community, connection, Self-care
“Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.” ~ Audre Lorde This quote by Audre Lorde has made me reflect a lot on the meaning of self-care. How do we care for ourselves in a way that is a radical...
by Kirsten Manley-Casimir | Sep 14, 2021 | Anti-racism, Big Ideas, Self-care
Caring for myself is not self-indulgence. It is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare. Audre Lorde This was a quote that I received recently and it was a good reminder for me of the importance of self-care. For those working daily to...
by Rachel Manley-Casimir | Jan 25, 2021 | Big Ideas, Courage, Gratitude, Happiness, High Achievers, Kindness, Mindset, positivity, Self-care
Feeling like you made a yucky mistake can be debilitating. Often you can get stuck in a vicious cycle. One where you continually look back on a decision you made or an action you took (or failed to take) and repeatedly beat yourself up for it. When this happens...
by Kirsten Manley-Casimir | Nov 3, 2020 | Big Ideas, Covid-19, Global Pandemic, Self-care
Right now, in many parts of the world, we are entering the second wave of COVID. Many governments are putting back into place more robust health and safety measures to reduce the risk of transmission and encourage us to make decisions that create the most safety for...
by Naomi Manley-Casimir | Sep 29, 2020 | Big Ideas, connection, Courage, Gratitude, Health, Life lessons, Personal growth, Resilience, Self-care, Self-reflection, Survive, surviving
When I think back over the past few years and my trauma recovery journey, I remember how difficult it was to have faith that what I was doing would help me find my way through the muck. I was lucky because the counsellor I was seeing specializes in trauma. His...
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