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 | 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...
by Tina Hnatiuk | Jan 10, 2022 | Living With Purpose, Managing Stress, Self-Love Practices
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...
by Tina Hnatiuk | Jun 11, 2021 | Self-Love Practices
“I read something yesterday that spoke to me, like a lot,” she said while we were running along the lakeside path in the early morning sunshine. “Oh, yeah? What was that?” I asked. The sky was brilliant blue and the water like glass this morning. The trees are...
