mindfulness
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There was a time when my entire garden was a stoop. A small landing outside my front door, a staircase, a few square feet of sunlight. For nearly ten years, that was my outdoor space — and I made it into something. Hanging baskets spilling over with flowers and strawberries. Pots crowded with basil and…
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Every morning, I dragged myself out of bed with a heaviness that had nothing to do with being tired. On paper, I had everything I’d worked toward—a legal career that perfectly matched my decade of property management experience, clients who needed my expertise, financial stability. I was succeeding. So why did I feel like I was…
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Can’t focus anymore? You’re not alone. Johann Hari’s Stolen Focus explores why our attention spans are collapsing and what we can do about it. As someone preparing for victim advocacy work while struggling with post-COVID brain fog, I found this book both enlightening and frustrating. Here’s my review—and why reclaiming our focus matters for survivors, advocates, and…
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Content warning: This post discusses collective trauma, violence, and vicarious trauma in advocacy work. I keep returning to a question that has no easy answer: How do we do this work—how do we bear witness to suffering, how do we advocate for justice—when the world feels like it’s burning around us? This morning, I watched…
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When Mindfulness Isn’t Enough I’ll be honest with you: I’ve never been great at meditation. My longest streak on the Calm app? Sixteen days. And if I’m being really honest, I never figured out how to make my thoughts calm or how to focus on my breath for more than 45 seconds without my mind…