by Nicole Havelka | Dec 23, 2022 | Burnout, Change Leadership, Mindfulness, Ritual, Self Care
I call shenanigans on our so-called New Year’s resolutions. Please tell me if you’ve had a different experience, but in my experience New Year’s resolutions are not kept for more than a few days despite the certainty that the definition implies. According to...
by Nicole Havelka | Oct 5, 2022 | Burnout, Community, Ritual, Self Care
Hiding from fear At New Year’s last year, I set my intention as streamlining. I wrote just a couple of weeks ago about how my understanding about the intention has evolved. As with anything that you stick with for a while, it continues to evolve in wholly unexpected...
by Nicole Havelka | Sep 7, 2022 | Burnout, Healing, Mindfulness, Ritual, Self Care, Social Justice
Several weeks ago when I checked in with the folx in my online community to ask them how they are – for real – I started to get slightly different responses. I’d heard them name exhaustion, anxiety and stress many times before. But this time, they also started to use...
by Nicole Havelka | Aug 23, 2022 | Creativity, Healing, Mindfulness, Ritual, Self Care
I want to take intentional time away from screens. I know it would be good for me. I find myself scrolling too much. I even do it before bed and as I wake up in the morning. It’s got me a little strung out, to be honest. Tiffany Shlain’s book, 24/6: Giving Up Screens...
by Nicole Havelka | Jun 29, 2022 | Community, Creativity, Ritual, Self Care
A fantastic group assembled for my Summer Solstice Restorative Yoga Celebration last week. And we continued that remarkable energy in our last session of the Liberation Series during the Wednesday yoga class. I’m seriously still doing a happy dance!...
by Nicole Havelka | Jun 2, 2022 | Change Leadership, Creativity, Faith Formation, Healing, Mindfulness, Ritual, Self Care, Social Justice
Presence. That’s the word that emerged when Sharon Salzberg, the well-known Buddhist meditation teacher and author, invited us to reflect on dharma. The Buddhist concept, which can be understood in a wide variety of ways, can mean that which sustains us or what we can...
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