Our words have power. Words can carry love and comfort, joy, and peace; however, they can also carry hurt and perpetuate stigma. Stigmatizing language can be overtly recognizable but, more commonly, it is covert and subtle. What can we do to minimize our own stigmatizing language?

What does finding balance really mean? Is it really possible for two opposing views to be true simultaneously? How can we find a middle ground? One tool and practice to utilize is living in the gray area and not getting stuck in black and white thinking patterns.

How wonderful that the messages we hear online, from friends, and from (healthy) workplaces now include the importance of self-care. However, the notion of self-care has turned into its own sort of trend…to the point that it has become an excuse for unhealthy behaviors.

Our relationship to our bodies is simultaneously the most intimate, connected, informed relationship and the most volatile, time-consuming, and fragile one. Our bodies are wise. They house intuition and cues; they know.