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Six Ways to Equanimity

By Brenda Knowles|2017-12-02T12:01:46-06:00December 1st, 2017|Categories: Anxiety and Depression, Emotions and Energy, Introverts and Highly Sensitive People, Parenting, Personal Coaching, Personal Evolution, Relationships|Tags: balance, calm, community, emotional balance, emotional regulation, equanimity, fitness, growth, love, meditation, relationships, self-care, support, therapy, well-being|

Photo credit Leio Mclaren of Unsplash In last week's post, I promised to tell you how I reached my current state of equanimity. First, I would like to give you a working definition of equanimity. Here is Wikipedia's version: Equanimity (Latin: æquanimitas having an even mind; aequus even animus mind/soul) is a state of [...]

Giving Up Season: When Overwhelming Obligations Plague Your Space to Live

By Brenda Knowles|2017-03-30T17:08:59-05:00January 25th, 2013|Categories: Introverts and Highly Sensitive People, Parenting, Personal Evolution, Relationships|Tags: Extraversion and introversion, family obligations, giving up on passions, parental stress, solitude, space to live, taking care of yourself, well-being|

Run through midnight dunes with sparklers or lie down on the dark shore and let life wash over you? Here it is again, giving up season. No, I'm not talking about Lent. I'm talking about one of those phases in which we feel defeated by the overwhelming requirements of life. It's when you find yourself constantly [...]