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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.

by Tina Hnatiuk | Jul 30, 2022 | Motherhood

Hey, Magnus’s turned away from me at bedtime when I felt his body shudder with sobs. “You’re sad, aren’t you luv?” I say to him. He turned to face me, his face crumpling as his eyes welled up. “Yes, I miss Colby so much,” he says through sobs. Yesterday we experienced...

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Small rituals that will help mark the end of your workday

by Tina Hnatiuk | Mar 23, 2021 | Managing Stress, Motherhood, Self-Love Practices

We’ve all had the experience of having a shitty day at work, thinking about it all the way home, and then being preoccupied with it while with our families. We’re unable to be present, we’re distracted, and we’re carrying something around that we can’t even do...

Two words that can change everything

by Tina Hnatiuk | Feb 26, 2021 | Living With Purpose, Motherhood

I was sitting on the couch with Magnus sleeping in my arms, my bum making a permanent indent in the couch for sitting on it hours and days on end staring at entire seasons of Friends. My body hurt. I could literally feel my body turning into the shape of my couch. My...

How to build strong relationships, especially with yourself

by Tina Hnatiuk | Jan 28, 2021 | Happiness, Managing Stress, Motherhood, Self-Love Practices

One of my clients who is also a solopreneur and a busy mom was telling me that she struggled with managing work life balance. Like me, she works from home manages a household and has small children and a partner who works out of the home. She never feels she has...

6 Easy Ways For Moms to Lower Stress

by Tina Hnatiuk | Jan 25, 2021 | Managing Stress, Motherhood, Self-Love Practices

These little habits will help boost your well-being and feel connected to what matters to you most. This morning, I slid down the lime green wall of our tiny upstairs bathroom holding Magnus’s toothbrush. I crossed my legs, and he gazed steadily into my eyes while...

Got mean self-talk? This might help.

by Tina Hnatiuk | Jan 13, 2021 | Happiness, Managing Stress, Self-Love Practices

There’s a Buddhist story called The Two Arrows. When you are struck by an arrow it’s painful, yet unavoidable. Like when you are trying to dust your living room really fast and accidentally stub your toe on the TV stand. Naturally you would say, “Ouch!” Or in my case,...

The ruts that bind us

by Tina Hnatiuk | Jan 4, 2021 | Happiness, Living With Purpose, Managing Stress

There’s a yogic concept called “samskara” which essentially describes that the more we do something the easier it is to fall into doing it. If you imagine driving a car over and over in the same place in a muddy road it creates ruts and eventually these ruts deepen...