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...
by Tina Hnatiuk | Nov 9, 2020 | Managing Stress, Self-Love Practices
Magnus had his 5th birthday party this weekend. His real birthday is Wednesday. He’s an 11:11 baby, born the 11th day of the 11th month. I take this as a good sign, but I want to share something else with you. Birthday parties have been a source of anxiety for me...
