Category: Authentic living

• Soul Words

  Each new year’s eve or day, as I reflect on the past year and look forward to what the next may bring, I choose a word to help me focus on the lessons I learned and want to keep close. My 2022 word was EASE, focused on trying not to make things any more complicated…

  cornerofwildfree

  January 7, 2023

  Authentic living, My stories

  Authentic living, Word of the year

• 10 Tips for Authentic Holidays with Less Stress

  Whatever holidays you celebrate during November and December, pressure often permeates. For months we are bombarded with images and advertisements that tell us how we should decorate, what we should cook and drink, what we should give, and more. It’s not that I hate this time of year, I just hate the consumerism that has…

  cornerofwildfree

  December 4, 2022

  Authentic living

  Authentic living, core values, Simple holidays

• The Siren Song of the Status Quo

  It’s easy to minimize issues when you are in the middle of them. It just seems too much effort to step forward and try to change things. Even when you feel in your soul you are ready to break out of a pattern and create needed change, the siren song calls you back to your…

  cornerofwildfree

  November 6, 2022

  Authentic living

  Authentic living, Freedom, social injustice, systemic change

• Removing the Masks

  Yep, that’s me about seven years ago in a coworker’s office goofing around. It’s a god-awful photo, but it makes a point. This was a time in my life when I was coming out of one of the worst bouts of depression I have ever faced. It lasted over a year and very few people…

  cornerofwildfree

  October 23, 2022

  Authentic living, My stories

  Authentic living, personal growth, reflection

• Giving yourself

  Considering what I do for a living, it is not surprising that the topic of giving would come up in my blog. Giving forms the basis of who I am. While giving time, skills, knowledge, attention, advice, and/or money to better the world is important, what I am talking about today is giving yourself. First,…

  cornerofwildfree

  September 11, 2022

  Authentic living

  Authentic living, personal growth, reflection

• A Cluttered, Amazing Life

  If I said this photo shows what my desk looks like, many people would shudder. In some people’s eyes, this would equal disorganization or poor planning. Well, my desk is covered with stacks of books, folders, papers, coffee cups, and assorted writing implements, and it isn’t the only place that looks like this. My workstation…

  cornerofwildfree

  August 20, 2022

  Authentic living, My stories

  Authentic living, clutter, personal growth, reflection

• Own your story

  We all have stories. Some of them we wish we could erase, but they are part of who we are now. Owning every bit of your story allows you to be your true self. To own the hard times, you have to process them, learn from them, and let them become the past. Sometimes you…

  cornerofwildfree

  August 6, 2022

  My stories

  mental health

• 5 great online tools for learning about yourself

  

  I have always been interested in the “what kind of ____ are you?” quizzes. I started out with the kind you would find in magazines back in the 80’s and 90’s, then found the stream of Facebook quiz links. Even now, it is hard for me not to click on every quiz link I see,…

  cornerofwildfree

  July 24, 2022

  Authentic living

  Authentic living, personal growth, reflection