I feel like I blinked and suddenly my life became busy again. For so long my list of things to juggle, on paper, was much smaller. No big social plans, no commute, no irritation on public transit. I just had to work, handle only my closest relationships, and keep...
There's been a lot of talk online lately about how toxic Instagram filters can be, especially for young people. When you can click a button and see what needs to change on your face for you to be "beautiful," what kind of damage can that cause your self-esteem? In my...
In order to live with a fully open heart we need to be open to feeling both negative and positive emotions. This is the first part of a series of blogs where I am going to outline what emotions have got to do with our lifestyle choices, and specifically our...
I’m stepping into 2021 a little more confidently because of the personal anchors in my life. Loosely defined, “anchors” are behaviors that help stabilize us during the storms of life. The term is by no means new, but I’ve only just started to research it for...
Do you remember the discomfort of puberty? It wasn’t just getting my first bra, or starting menstruation, or the onset of acne that caused me the most discomfort. Rather, it was the sudden feeling that my body was no longer something I recognized that...
A dear friend and I were texting about holiday gifts this year, and she shared that for 2020 she was giving wabi-sabi. I misread her text and thought she had typed wasabi and was envisioning rows of bottled spicy horseradish paste (with bows on top). But she corrected...
I have been listening to Alain De Botton’s talk on love and relationships. He often mentions the British psychoanalyst Donald Winnicot, whose famous phrase was that parents don’t need to be perfect just “good enough”. This has made me think about how...
Q. What do diets have to do with capitalism? A. Quite a lot... The diet industry continues to be one of capitalism’s most harmful outputs. Its toxicity is amplified by the fact that it likes to pretend it is helping us. Massive companies, namely food...
Do you feel like you are constantly eating? Are you checking the contents of the fridge every half an hour? Have your grocery bills doubled? Are you living on take-aways even if the fridge is full? With the UK entering a new lockdown, it’s normal to be experiencing...
Working with Centrd Life means you will be going on the journey to better your emotional health. This month, we’ll be showcasing a series of blogs that discuss the steps on that journey, and why they are essential and healing. The first step on the journey is...
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