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Tools and Musings
About motherhood, self-maintenance (aka self-care), plus tools to cultivate a calm, connect with your Self, so that you can show up as the mom and woman you most want to be.
How counter facts can increase happiness and positivity
My mom was sending me non-stop despairing texts for days about how she has to sell her revenue property and how upset she is about it. She’s had a tenant there for the past 7 years with a big dog that has ruined the hardwood, the house needs to be updated, and she...
Tools for hard times
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...
Is no self-care a lack of time or self-worth?
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 struggling with...
The best advice I ever got (and why it works)
I called my bestie sobbing, "I don't know what to do!" I was overwhelmed and feeling hopeless and trapped. (This could have been any of the 1000 times I call her, I can't even tell you for what anymore.) She quietly listened and then said firmly and gently, "You don't...
What research says about the importance of crying
Last night I came out of Magnus’s room after bedtime and said to my husband, “I’m going to bed.” He was laying across the couch on his phone. He sat up and looked at me funny and said, “It’s 7:30.” “I know. I’m going to bed to watch something that makes me cry.” The...
Why you need to suck at something for a while
I was bent over leaning my hands on my thighs panting. I looked at Matt my eyes pleading, and said, “This is so hard.” Matt and his wife Robyn and the owners and trainers at the CrossFit gym I teach yoga at. Lately, I’ve also been coming to his 6:30am group classes a...
Thoughts on gender norms and shame
Yesterday my son looked at my painted hot pink toes and said, “Mom, tomorrow I want to paint my fingernails. AND toenails. I want my fingers to be blue, yellow, blue, yellow, blue.” He said while touching each fingernail. Then changing his mind, touched each one...
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