community care

Support for Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)/ Seasonal Depression

Support for Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)/ Seasonal Depression

It’s been good to rest, but sometimes the hibernation can turn into stagnation and despair (Seasonal Affective Disorder/SAD anyone?), especially with all the gray days. Can you relate? Here’s what has been helping me balance rest and turning inward with hope and the return of the light….

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Self-Care: Trend or Revolution?

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Self-Care: Trend or Revolution?

"Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare."
-Audre Lorde, self described "black lesbian feminist mother warrior poet"

Self-care is a very trendy buzzword these days. It evokes images of manicures, bubble baths with a glass of wine, a massage, and shopping sprees.