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

If you’ve spent your life cheering everyone else on, clearing obstacles, and basically running your own one-person pit crew for the...

There’s a moment I wish I could take back. It started as lighthearted teasing, but before I knew it, my words had turned sharp. What was...

"When you argue with reality, you lose, but only 100% of the time." ~ Byron Katie I love this quote, but let’s be honest—it...

I didn’t make it. I set a goal for 100 intentional, deep-listening conversations by the end of 2024—and fell miserably short. In the...