by Tina Hnatiuk | May 25, 2021 | Motherhood, Self-Love Practices
When Magnus was a baby, any time to me felt stolen. I would ration out what I took care of each day. One day I would wash my hair. Another day I would shave my calves. The next day I would shave above the knee. The next day I would do my feet with my foot file....
by Tina Hnatiuk | Apr 2, 2021 | Managing Stress, Self-Love Practices
It’s a hard time, so I want to share with you one of the most important tools of how to deal with anxiety and uncertainty. I love this equation that sums up anxiety from Dr. Becky Kennedy: Anxiety = Uncertainty + Our underestimation of our ability to cope. Most of the...
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...
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...
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,...