SuburbanGoddessMN

 When I was a kid, an average summer day lasted about 37 hours.  Now as an adult, I'm lucky if they last 6. June came in with a bang and it hasn't slowed down yet. We started the month by hopping a plane to Annapolis for a weekend long music festival. Then we came back to wrap up the school year. Not only did my kiddos finish their sophomore year of high school, but I left my decade-long stent at the elementary school I was working at. Sprinkle in some graduation happenings, everyday life, along with navigating life as a newly self-employed business owner, and you end up here. Here being the end of June with a wicked head cold and a mound of work piling up. And oh, wanting to actually enjoy summer. The woman in me was trucking along. Do it all and chugging NyQuil on the side.  Dumb. When you run a million miles an hour, you can expect some fatigue. As a self-care coach, you would think I would know that. But such as life, it happens to all of us! So what could I have done...

 I will be the first to tell you, I'm not what you call "out-doorsy".  I hate sweating. The first bug bite I get, I run inside. And if there isn't modern plumbing, forget it. ...but... There is something to be said about the power of nature. Just walking from your backdoor to your deck is like entering a different world. A world that seems to instantly slow down and make everything wrong, right. Over the years I have learned super simple ways (cause if you haven't learned yet, I'm all about efficiency) to soak up the power of the outdoors and harness it into your self-care rituals. 1. Walk barefoot. We call them "summer feet" around my house. If they aren't permanently  dirty for three months, you're doing it wrong. Going outside and walking barefoot is the easiest way to energetically connect and ground yourself. It's also called earthing. You can get all science-y here, but basically when you connect with the earth's electrons, you ...