self care

  • Living Water

    ByRachel

    Have you ever been through a traumatic experience? Trauma arrives as unexpectedly as a violent storm. It can wreak havoc on your life, creating disorientation, uncertainty, and doubt. Appearing without warning, and consequently, without preparation for how to navigate, it is not uncommon to overlook or ignore basic, even obvious, needs.  Several years ago, I…

  • Fill Your Pitcher

    ByRachel

    Do you ever feel pulled in so many different directions at once that you fear that you are about to snap under the strain? Or, maybe you feel like a pitcher, constantly being poured out of in order to fill others’ cups? In the book Gifts from the Sea, the author, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, describes woman…