Category: Self-care

• The Best of Times, the Worst of Times, the Quarantimes: Self-Care in the Time of Corona

  

  I’d like to start this post out by acknowledging the privilege of my quarantine. I have no dependents aside from myself, I’m a white, able-bodied, cisgender person in a financial, emotional, physical and mental position that allows me to have what I imagine is quite an uncommon experience of this time.  Holy moly. What a…

  Eliza

  April 23, 2020

  Adulthood, Community, Growing up, Mindfulness, San Francisco, Self-Awareness, Self-care, Self-love

  Art, Corona, Expressive arts therapy, internal family systems, Life, parts work, san francisco, Selfcare, Selflove, Therapy, Volunteering

• On Paying Attention to Intention

  In the last few months I’ve felt better overall than I have in a long time. My current combination of self-care practices seem to be working well for the most part, and it feels good when I’m able to maintain a feeling of balance for extended periods of time. My main struggle continues to be…

  Eliza

  May 19, 2017

  Growing up, Mindfulness, Self-care

  Awareness, Growing up, Intention, Meditation, Practice, san francisco, Self-care, Self-love, Therapy, Thoughts

• Recognizing Shenpa and the Struggle of Attachment

  I hadn’t planned to come to Mexico City, but when my program at Esalen fell through due to the storms we had this winter I did a quick whirl through my mental rolodex of places I’d like to go and people I’d like to see. So here I am, staying with an old friend from…

  Eliza

  April 27, 2017

  Growing up, Mindfulness, Self-care

  Anxiety, Attachment, Divorce, Growth, Meditation, Mindful, Present, Rebecca Solnit, Self-care, Self-Growth, self-reflection, Shenpa, Stress

• Monday Morning Thoughts on (Urban) Planning & Meditation

  Here in San Francisco most of the houses are built so close together they are either touching or are only separated by a few inches. This makes sense given that there is such limited space (49 sq miles with height restrictions). You’d think if this was the case there would be some uniformity in the…

  Eliza

  April 11, 2017

  Growing up, Mindfulness, Self-care

  Architecture, Awareness, Brains, Feelings, Meditation, Minds, Painted Ladies, planning, san francisco, Thoughts