A Time for ‘Wintering’

A Time for ‘Wintering’

In Katherine May’s Wintering, “wintering” is a metaphor for the difficult, quiet, or low periods of life. The benefits of wintering, as May describes them, include: Permission to Rest Wintering gives you explicit permission to slow down. Instead of forcing...
Feeling Activated? Get Grounded

Feeling Activated? Get Grounded

The Kawartha Sexual Assault Centre (KSAC) has a wonderful resource that focuses on the importance of grounding. Grounding is a set of simple strategies to detach from emotional pain e.g. craving, anger or sadness. Distraction works by focusing outward on the external...