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Making Room for Myself: What I’ve Learned from 10 Months of Sobriety

December 13, 2022December 13, 2022 savvygoessurfingLeave a comment

What I've learned about accepting myself, sobriety as the beginning rather than the end, and why all I ever needed to do was make space for the person I am.

Posted in Explore, MindTagged #mentalhealth, #sobriety, #thoughts, #wellness

Becoming More of Yourself

August 19, 2022August 19, 2022 savvygoessurfingLeave a comment

Just a little essay on how when we force ourselves to change and grow is when we stop ourselves from changing. How do we embrace change with less fear and more grace?

Posted in Explore, MindTagged #change, #mentalhealth, #thoughts

Becoming the Tree – Looking Inward Instead of Out

June 27, 2022June 27, 2022 savvygoessurfingLeave a comment

How can we re-write the stories of ourselves by looking into our own selves rather than frantically searching for something outside of us?

Posted in Explore, MindTagged #mentalhealth, #thoughts

Moving (Toward) Home

August 4, 2021August 4, 2021 savvygoessurfingLeave a comment

Movement and moving, stillness and chaos-the metaphor can be too simple, but life also can be too.

Posted in Body, Explore, SurfingTagged #creativeexpression, #creativewriting, #mentalhealth, #surfingjourney

4 Ways to Get Back Your Creativity and Energy While (Not) Working from Home

August 27, 2020August 27, 2020 savvygoessurfingLeave a comment

The monotony of staying at home can be tough. Spending too much time on our phones is especially difficult. Read 4 ways to balance out the repetition of the New Normal or boost your Work From Home routine.

Posted in Body, ExploreTagged #covid, #health, #mentalhealth, #workfromhome

How to Hold it All

July 15, 2020July 15, 2020 savvygoessurfingLeave a comment

How do we hold the cosmic and the mundane, the violent and the stunning, the brutal and the profound ?

Posted in Explore, PoetryTagged #2020, #connectwithyourself, #mentalhealth, #poetry, #thoughts

9 Steps to Take Right Now to Make a Difference

July 2, 2020July 2, 2020 savvygoessurfingLeave a comment

2020 has presented us with new ways of thinking (which are not so new, new challenges (which have been around for a long time), and a powerful awareness of the need for our participation in the world's improvement.

Posted in Explore, MindTagged #blacklivesmatter, #growingtogether, #makeadifference, #mentalhealth

(Now) I Am

May 26, 2020May 27, 2020 savvygoessurfingLeave a comment

A poem of reflection: on changing, growing, letting go of pieces of ourselves, and looking towards the bright future. Celebrate every moment.

Posted in Explore, PoetryTagged #creativeexpression, #mentalhealth, #poet, #poetry, #thoughts, #writing

Quarantine, Fear, and Protecting our Sanity in the Time of Covid-19

March 25, 2020March 25, 2020 savvygoessurfing2 Comments

How do we keep ourselves from dissolving into hopelessness, fear, depression, and loss in this unprecedentedly terrifying time?

Posted in Explore, MindTagged #coronavirus, #loveeachother, #mentalhealth, #metalstraw, #wellnesswednesday, Wellness

Finding Peace in Stillness

February 12, 2020February 12, 2020 savvygoessurfingLeave a comment

A lovely quote from one of my favorites for Wellness Wednesday.

Posted in Explore, MindTagged #inspiration, #mentalhealth, #mindfulness, #quote, #wellnesswednesday, #wisdom

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