by Tina Hnatiuk | Apr 12, 2022 | Happiness, Managing Stress, Self-Love Practices
I gave my husband a look, that said, “Hey, why are you doing that?” He was unloading the dishwasher. We’ve been adding a few more chores for Magnus recently. He has been feeding Walter (our chocolate lab) twice a day, clearing his own plates from the table, and last...
by Tina Hnatiuk | Apr 6, 2022 | Happiness, Self-Love Practices
When Dharma teacher Jack Kornfield was asked, “what was the aim of a spiritual life?” He stopped and thought for a moment and then said, “Part of it is self acceptance…maybe all of it.” When I look back at my childhood, I see my family the four of us spinning in a...
by Tina Hnatiuk | Apr 6, 2022 | Living With Purpose, Managing Stress, Self-Love Practices
Recently, I heard the amazing Tarana Burke speaking on a podcast, and she said something that I keep picking up and toying with because it was so powerful. She was speaking about the relationship with her mom and the “mother wound,” and said that learning how to...
by Tina Hnatiuk | Mar 9, 2022 | Living With Purpose, Managing Stress
This morning I set my Contigo down on the bench in the coat room. I leaned over to grab my phone before heading out the door to teach a yoga class and as I picked it up it flashed todays news headlines. I yelled at it, “You! Shut the f*ck up!” I already read my daily...
by Tina Hnatiuk | Feb 9, 2022 | Happiness, Managing Stress, Motherhood, Self-Love Practices
After my son was born, I was so entrenched in believing my needs came after everyone else’s (like so many mamas) that basic necessities like showering or peeing when I needed to, became negotiable. It wasn’t until I faced my own dark night of the soul...
