Out of Small Things Blog

Image credit: Sydney Fielding Let’s talk about a sneaky source of unnecessary suffering: judging your past self for what you didn’t know at the time. It sounds obvious, right? But we do it all the time. We say things like: “I should’ve known better.” “Why was I so impatient?” “What kind of mom reacts like that?!” And we pile on the shame after we’ve gained new information—information we didn’t have access to in the moment. Here’s what I want to offer: What if the on

Setting boundaries isn’t about controlling others. It’s about defining what you will and won’t tolerate and taking action to protect your...

What happens when we decide to put that manual down and accept people as they are? Spoiler alert: it feels amazing… eventually. In my...