Tag Archives: overwhelm

The Sunday Hug: Overwhelm Edition!

Welcome to the Sunday Hug! Leave your shame, guilt and sin at the door, and put your Compassion Pants on. Every Sunday, I chat about things we often pretend aren’t there – fear, anger, overwhelm, envy. You know – all those things that make us human. And then everyone gets a hug, because being a [...]

Dealing with money overwhelm

I haven’t posted in a few days because I’ve been having a meltdown a few fears. January 5th is fast approaching. That’s the day I’m informed whether I’ve been accepted into the program in France or not. Quite frankly (and surprisingly), I’m not worried about that part. It’s totally out of my hands, so there [...]

A plea to the Muse. And Barbies.

Dearest Muse, I could do with a little bit of help. Seriously. I am working my little tush off, but I need you to show up today. I promise I’ll be nice. But every time I try to paint the head on this painting, it just comes out wrong somehow. The neck gets too short [...]

Overwhelm and enoughness

I have come to the inevitable conclusion that I am just never going to be an adult. Again and again, I struggle with the idea that I somehow need to get it together, to grow up, to be responsible. That I need to eat 8 servings of fruit and vegetables a day, not let mold [...]

An Emergency Painting Vacation

It’s one of those cool, damp end of March days. The kind where sitting inside drinking hot apple cider and reading books feels like the right course of action. It also suits my somewhat crabby mood. I’ve been feeling overwhelmed the past few weeks. First I took a week to finish the new site, and [...]

Overwhelmed by overwhelm?

The past 24 hours have been kind of nuts. Just one of those days where everything happens at once and new things come up and you need to re-evaluate because where you thought you were going has disappeared and you need to formulate a new plan. Cool. I’m down with the doing things – I [...]