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...
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,...
by Tina Hnatiuk | Nov 30, 2020 | Managing Stress, Motherhood, Self-Love Practices
I actually don’t know how I haven’t broken by bladder by now. Vintage Chophouse had this dark intimate feel to it. I worked in the Tavern, which is otherwise known as the “bar” side of the fine dining restaurant. It was the only bar I ever worked at where servers were...
by Tina Hnatiuk | Nov 27, 2020 | Managing Stress, Self-Love Practices
I’ve been working with a client in Australia, so we only have a short window of time to work together. She had injured herself and couldn’t get the material we needed to move forward yesterday so she sent me an email apologizing today. I typed back, something along...
by Tina Hnatiuk | Nov 16, 2020 | Managing Stress, Self-Love Practices
My morning started with an angry demanding text from my mom to “answer her!” It was 8:30am so I was getting Magnus ready for school and hadn’t looked at my phone yet. Then it went down hill from there. She had decided that she was going shopping at Banana Republic and...
by Tina Hnatiuk | Nov 12, 2020 | Managing Stress, Motherhood, Self-Love Practices
I promised Magnus we could shovel our steep driveway before we left for school because we had our first dump of snow. Once we finished breakfast, packed Magnus’s lunch, and I had him dressed and ready to go, I slipped into the bathroom to put on my makeup. I don’t...
