by Henry Becky | Nov 1, 2020 | Advocacy, Boundaries, Bullying, Caregiving, COVID19, Distress - Yours, Mine and Ours, Education, Grief, Hope, Oxygen Mask, Pandemic, Self Care, Support, Tools for Caregivers
Have you been wishing you could hibernate like the bears too? I’m noticing I want to sleep a LOT lately. Not only are the hours of sunlight decreasing here in the northern hemisphere and the days getting colder, the world has become a very uncertain and scary place.... 
by Henry Becky | Oct 25, 2020 | Boundaries, Caregiving, Communication, COVID19, Distress - Yours, Mine and Ours, Education, Grief, Hope, HUG Kits, Oxygen Mask, Pandemic, Self Care, Support, Tools for Caregivers
You may have noticed there was no newsletter last week…so many of us are just trying to keep putting one foot in front of the other in the midst of this ongoing pandemic and societal mayhem. In addition to all of that and an October 16th snowfall, I was creating... 
by Henry Becky | Oct 11, 2020 | Boundaries, Caregiving, COVID19, Distress - Yours, Mine and Ours, Grief, Hope, Oxygen Mask, Pandemic, Self Care, Shame, Support, Tools for Caregivers
Even with a pretty conscious self grounding practice, it’s been a challenge to say the least to not be on an emotional rollercoaster this year. Right? We are each struggling in our own ways. For those who follow my work you know I’m constantly beating the drum of self... 
by Henry Becky | Oct 4, 2020 | Advocacy, Eating Disorders Resources, Education, Health At Every Size, Hope, Intuitive Eating, Self Care, Shame, Support, Tools for Caregivers, Treatment, Weight Stigma
On the plus side (see what I did there?) I love irony. 😉 As Maya Angleou said, “When we know better, we do better.” As a teen, I bought the belief that being thin was important and dieting, food restriction and exercise to compensate for what I ate were what I should... 
by Henry Becky | Sep 27, 2020 | Caregiving, Distress - Yours, Mine and Ours, Education, Grief, Oxygen Mask, Pandemic, Self Care, Support, Tools for Caregivers
As I was looking past the pink post it notes all over my windows to keep the birds from meeting an untimely death on my patio down below, I was reminded that we get to choose what we focus on. I’m training myself to look past those pink pieces of paper and see the... 
by Henry Becky | Sep 14, 2020 | Caregiving, COVID19, Distress - Yours, Mine and Ours, Education, Grief, Hope, Oxygen Mask, Pandemic, Self Care, Support, Tools for Caregivers
In the midst of a global pandemic, wildfires and too many more horrible things to list, babies are being born. The despair, sadness and fear are opposed by emotions of joy, hope and beauty. Both can exist. “Both, and” is an expression I learned many long years ago in... 