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Life is a creation. We are always growing, healing, and (hopefully) thriving! Let's create together.

10/28/2026

🎃 Coping with Anxiety Around Halloween 👻

While Halloween can be a fun and festive time for many, it can also stir up anxiety. Whether it’s fear of the unknown, sensory overload from loud noises and costumes, or the pressure to socialize, Halloween can be overwhelming.

Here are a few tips to help you manage anxiety this spooky season:

Set Boundaries – If certain events or activities make you anxious, it’s okay to say no. Focus on what makes you feel safe and comfortable.

Prepare for Sensory Overload – If the sights, sounds, or lights of Halloween feel overwhelming, try earplugs or noise-cancelling headphones, avoid crowded places, and take breaks when you need to.

Ground Yourself – If you feel anxiety creeping in, use grounding techniques like deep breathing or focusing on something physical (like holding a small object in your hand) to bring yourself back to the present moment.

Plan Ahead – Know what to expect from your Halloween plans. If you’re attending an event, think about your exit plan and give yourself permission to leave early if it feels like too much.

Remember, you don’t have to participate in every Halloween activity. Your well-being comes first.

10/25/2026

Happy Self-care Sunday! Today we're going to set aside some time to work with our hands as a form of self-care.

10/24/2026

When I talk about burnout, we’re not talking about just ‘feeling tired.’ Being burned out is a whole body and whole self experience of depletion. Mentally, emotionally, physically.

It can feel like:
- Your brain feels foggy or slow.
- Concentration is hard.
- Even simple decisions feel overwhelming.
- You might forget things, lose your train of thought, or zone out during conversations.
- You feel numb or overly emotional. Sometimes both.
- You catch yourself thinking, “I just don’t care anymore.”

Burnout can come from caregiving, chronic stress, unprocessed trauma, or emotional labour. It’s common in therapists, parents, teachers, and anyone living with high expectations and little support.

To start the healing journey, download my Healking from Burnout guide: https://mailchi.mp/michellemalloy/overcoming-burnout-guide

10/21/2026

Building resilience is a lot like training for a marathon. You don’t suddenly decide to pull on a pair of shoes and run 26 miles on your first day!

You start small by running a mile, then two, and then gradually increasing your distance as you feel more comfortable and able. Along the way, you hit obstacles, but each challenge builds your strength until you're running further than you ever thought you would.

Resilience works the same way. It’s not built in one grand moment but through small, consistent actions over time. Each time you face a difficulty and push through, you're strengthening your resilience muscle.

Create your own Small Win Journal.
- Grab a notebook or open a notes app on your phone.
- Write down ONE small win or challenge you overcame this past week. It could be anything from getting out of bed when you didn’t feel like it to having that tough conversation you were avoiding.
- Reflect on how that small win made you feel. Did it build your confidence? Help you feel more in control?

By recognizing your wins, no matter how small, you train yourself to see your own strength. Keep adding to your journal each week, and watch your resilience grow.

10/18/2026

Happy Self-care Sunday! Today we're going to set aside some time to reconnect with nature.

10/14/2026

I will be stepping away from the blog until the end of the year so that I can give my full attention to writing my second book.

The book looks at grief and transition, and at what comes after them. Several ideas that came up while I was writing the transitions series were too large for a single post, and each one led me to another.

Anyone who has kept a garden knows that a garden bed needs a season of rest. From the outside, a resting garden looks as though nothing is happening. But under that, last year’s roots are breaking down, the soil is taking in what was left behind, and the ground is being readied for whatever gets planted next.

I think of this pause in the same way. I will still be working away, but I'm happy to let this form of expression rest for a season while I focus on the writing that matters to me most right now.

We tend to treat rest as something we have to earn, and many of us keep asking our own lives to produce through a season that was meant for resting.

While I'm working on this, I will still be sending out my monthly newsletter, but this time it'll only include my personal updates. Signing up for my newsletter is the best way to stay up-to-date while I'm in this season of rest.

I would also like your help with the book. If there is a topic connected to grief or transition that you want to see in it, send me a message. I would love to get more perspectives on challenges felt through the transitions within your life.

You can sign up for the newsletter here: https://mailchi.mp/michellemalloy/newsletter-sign-up

10/11/2026

Happy Self-care Sunday!

Many of us go into Thanksgiving with expectations from a dozen different people. Where to go, who to see, what traditions to uphold, what you can talk about, how long you'll stay, who will cook what.

Most of us learned early to agree to whatever is asked of us, so saying no to a relative can feel unkind. But setting a healthy boundary to protect your mental health is being kind to yourself and those around you.

A boundary can be as concrete as deciding ahead of time when we will leave and what we will say when someone raises a subject we have chosen not to discuss.

It is always okay to say no, it is a complete sentence, even around the holidays.

10/09/2026

The older you get, the larger the gap between expectation and reality.

When we're young, we are given a set of milestones to hit at specific times. Watching my own kids grow up, I can see those milestones are no longer achievable for the next generation, given the world as it is now.

Things like: getting married by a certain age, buying a house by a certain age, having kids by a certain age. That template was handed down from our parents and our parents' parents without our permission or consent.

This is your reminder that you are allowed to grieve the life you were told would be possible.

You can grieve the milestones you expected to have, even if the expectation wasn't yours.

You can grieve the life you pictured when you were younger, especially if your current life looks nothing like it.

Grieving is a part of letting it go. Putting down those expectations and moving on without the weight of them.

10/04/2026

What a beautiful weekend. It wasn’t quite a second summer, but we got a couple nice days.

Saturday - a glass of w**e and a box a Guide Girl mint cookies, a fire, and my sister.

Sunday - a cup of tea, a fire, and my boys.

Such a great time!!
Did you do anything fun?

09/29/2026

Resilience is not something you either have or do not have. Resilience grows the same way a garden does: what you care for and spend time on will flourish, and what you neglect will wither over time.

I think about that when it comes to spending time on my phone. Watching my family absorbed in theirs, even when we’re in the same room.

Every hour you spend scrolling is an hour not spent on something else.

To go back to my gardening analogy, instead of watering the tomatoes, you’ve watered the weeds. And eventually, they will leach the nutrients from the tomatoes, keeping them from growing.

Comparing your life to a stranger's highlights does not grow anything in your garden. Doomscrolling wears you down instead of giving you energy and joy.

I have been trying to replace scrolling with reading. While I make a cup of tea, when I’m in line at the grocery store, when I’m waiting for appointments, I try to keep my library app up so when I pick up my phone, a book is already open.

It’s a small choice. But repeated enough times, it changes how my garden looks over time.

Ask yourself what you do most days that drains you, and then ask what you do rarely that would actually give you joy.

When you catch yourself doing the thing that drains you, replace it with the thing that would bring you joy instead.

Try it for a few days and tell me, did it make a difference?

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