The pleasure, pain and growth of human connection.
February 16th marked the ten year anniversary of the blog, space2live. As with any milestone, it made me reflect. When I started space2live I was a harried, married, stay-at-home mom, who desperately needed to connect with herself and others. I like to think I am much cooler headed now. I'm still married, but to a different [...]
Image Source: Pexels Boundaries are a crucial part of life as an introvert. They’re also a critical aspect of anyone navigating the workplace. When you’re operating as an introverted employee, the importance of boundaries skyrockets. Here are a few considerations for setting boundaries as well as how introverts can do so both at [...]
Friends, today I have something special to share with you: An excerpt from a soon-to-be-published book called You Don’t Owe Anyone by my friend Caroline Garnet McGraw. To quote Caroline, “The book is about how I realized that actually, I don't owe anybody anything. For years I thought I did. I was world class at [...]
Time together during the Covid quarantine has really amped up my level of annoyance and irritation. I have found myself griping under my breath and out loud about everything from too much noise in the kitchen to too much clutter on the counters. At this point, it does not take much to set me off. Sensitive [...]
I get a fair amount of my self-esteem from helping people. Supplying others with what they need, makes me feel useful. It gives me a ticket to enter certain circles — family, co-worker, friend groups. The trouble with this people-pleasing nature is it drains anyone who primarily channels it through empathy. We take on the other person's [...]
As I begin to daydream about the next five to ten years as an empty nester, a few concepts and ideas re-enter my consciousness. One of those concepts is imposter syndrome. What is imposter syndrome? My writing friend, Andy Mort, covers this topic in depth, starting years ago. Andy mentions how many of us feel this [...]
