It’s here! It’s here! The Will County Forest Preserve District 2026 Woods Walk is here! Here’s the skinny: Event: 2026 Woods Walk Challenge Requirement: Complete at least 7 of 10 trails Prize: A medallion with a silhouette of a white-tailed deer. When: Tuesday, September 1 – Monday, November 30 Cost: FREE!!! Where: Trails across WillContinue reading “Woods Walk – 2026”
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Sugar
“. . . Ohhhh, honey honey, . . . you are my candy giiirrrrrrl . . . and you got me wanting youuuuuuuu.” Ah, yes. The famous song by The Archies. Little did we know how true those words really were. Literally. It’s sugar. It’s so fantastically sweet. It makes us feel so good. AndContinue reading “Sugar”
10-Day Burnout & Exhaustion Challenge: Day 10
Well, we did it . . . Day 10! We’ve learned some different techniques for recognizing, coping with, and overcoming our exhaustion culminating in the ultimate restful practice: gentle muscle relaxation. Today Neil Tranter leads us on a full body scan-and-release. If you’ve never done this before I will tell you that it’s an interestingContinue reading “10-Day Burnout & Exhaustion Challenge: Day 10”
10-Day Burnout & Exhaustion Challenge: Day 9
So far in this challenge we’ve learned to pause, notice, breathe, listen to our bodies, be kinder to ourselves, step away from our thoughts, seek joy, and float away to our happy place. Today we focus on something called NSDR (Non Sleep Deep Rest). It’s basically an alternative to a nap. It’s designed to giveContinue reading “10-Day Burnout & Exhaustion Challenge: Day 9”
10-Day Burnout & Exhaustion Challenge: Day 8
At the very beginning of today’s session, Eileen Rose Miles explains that our nervous systems can’t really differentiate between what’s real and what’s imagined. Our bodies react in much the same way to a physical threat as to a mentally created one. It’s the ‘fight-or-flight’ phenomenon that hasn’t changed since the caveman days. We mayContinue reading “10-Day Burnout & Exhaustion Challenge: Day 8”
10-Day Burnout & Exhaustion Challenge: Day 7
Today was all about joy. And as you can probably glean from the image, I find joy in cuddling with puppies and kittens. I feel all warm and cozy and relaxed just thinking about it . . . Our teacher, Naami Padi, says that when we’re constantly inundated with all of the things going onContinue reading “10-Day Burnout & Exhaustion Challenge: Day 7”
10-Day Burnout & Exhaustion Challenge: Day 6
Up until today we’ve been concentrating our efforts on pausing to notice what our bodies are feeling. To stop, breathe, sit with what we’re feeling, and treat ourselves with kindness. But today Dr. Diana Hill introduces us to the concept of Cognitive Defusion: the art of stepping back from our thoughts. She begins the sessionContinue reading “10-Day Burnout & Exhaustion Challenge: Day 6”
10-Day Burnout & Exhaustion Challenge: Day 5
Burnout and self-criticism. Believe it or not, those two things often go hand-in-hand. In today’s meditation, Kate James explains that sometimes when we’re exhausted we might tend to blame ourselves. Maybe we pushed through when we shouldn’t have. Or we waited too long to seek help. Or if we had only done a better jobContinue reading “10-Day Burnout & Exhaustion Challenge: Day 5”
10-Day Burnout & Exhaustion Challenge: Day 4
When was the last time you listened to your body? More specifically, what happened when you said, “yes” when you really meant, “no”? I distinctly remember the day I accepted a job offer, then immediately felt my chest constrict in a way that I’d never experienced, causing me to become short of breath and nauseous.Continue reading “10-Day Burnout & Exhaustion Challenge: Day 4”
10-Day Burnout & Exhaustion Challenge: Day 3
Breathwork. The good old standby for releasing tension. Liza Colpa is our teacher today, inviting us to create some space for calmness and ease. She reminds us that, when we’re stressed, our breath is usually the first thing to change. It might become shallow. It may become more rapid. We may almost hyperventilate. Or weContinue reading “10-Day Burnout & Exhaustion Challenge: Day 3”
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