You Are Essential // Tea with Robin Episode 134

You, my friend, are essential. I hope you will join me for a beautiful discussion on choosing the new experience in this new time. In this episode: Coming back into the world – vaccinations and more social exposure. Are we feeling ready? If your situation has changed this year, how do you handle it? Are you still feeling like a contributing member of the household? Here’s how to feel proud of yourself. Experiences we had as kids and the messages we gleaned from that. Do we consider how we may still be impacted by these today? Sometimes the hardest thing… …Read More »

Showing up With a Glad Heart // Tea with Robin Episode 130

How do we show up with a glad heart even though we feel the heaviness of this time now? In this episode: A glad heart. On dealing with the ongoing times and deciding how we want to show up. This week’s inspiration: Making it special for us because we matter. This week’s featured letter: From a family who are returning to school and work for the first time since cov*d began. All this and more! Come grab a cuppa yum yum and meet me here: Listen to this episode here or read the transcript (with timestamps) below. 🎧 Listen to… …Read More »

It’s OK to Rest // Tea with Robin Episode 129

I wonder sometimes if we’re keeping in mind the kind of cloak of energy this pandemic can leave. We might be feeling the effects but that doesn’t necessarily mean we are personally depressed. So how do we work with that energy? There’s more to it than just staying busy and waiting for this time to be over. In this episode: Are we allowing ourselves some time to rest? Do we know that It is okay to rest? To give yourself some time to relax, unwind, to unload is an important self-care practice. When we factor in the kind of year we’ve… …Read More »

Let Yourself off the Hook. Do Whatever You Want. Let Go.

Let Yourself off the Hook. Do Whatever You Want. Let Go. How to not lose it when things go wrong.

Or, what to do when you’re in a funk and you can’t make yourself do anything “productive” and you just wanna hang it all up and head for the coast but you’re scared that this will mean the end. I’m drinking coffee and reading Stephen King. The windows are open, I’m listening to crickets and the smell of smell of fresh cut grass fills the kitchen. The yumminess of this takes me back to a time when I had no responsibilities and life felt pretty easy. I take a beat and breathe it in. This doesn’t magically erase my heavy… …Read More »

How Do We Want This to Be? // Tea With Robin Episode 122

Always, we can direct ourselves toward an outcome we’d prefer by asking the question, how do I want it to be?  In this episode: I talk about the practice of compassion and honoring the light in one another and how that works in these times of politics and covid and all of our differing views. Can we see ourselves in the other person and allow the other person to see you? Differences of opinion in politics, worldview, and more call for compassion and a willingness to honor the light in one another. Learning to let things be exactly as they are. Acceptance. Can… …Read More »

It’s Still a Time of Possibility // Tea with Robin Episode 121

No matter what is happening in the world, at home, or in your heart, this is still a time of possibility. On making the choices and changes that set us free. This week’s inspiration: Redefinition. Go ahead and let yourself redefine this time for you. This week’s featured letter: On choosing a perspective and an intention for this new year. All this and more! Come grab a cuppa yum yum and meet me here: Listen to this episode here or read the transcript (with timestamps) below. 🎧 Listen to Episode 121: A Time of Possibility   Complete transcript with timestamps… …Read More »

How to Feel Good Even Now // Tea with Robin Episode 120

Was anyone else secretly hoping 2021 would feel a lot different than it does? Even though transformation and change is happening, even though there is a lot of hope on the horizon, the energy now can feel heavy and hard to bear out. So how do we feel good even now? In this episode: How do we move forward in this new year with the state of the world and our personal journies as they are now? On the choices we’re making as to where we want to go now. This week’s inspiration: Keeping our vibes in a place of… …Read More »

Awareness Appreciation Day

Sharing some space with you. Getting the cooking on and lots of rearranging for winter cozies over here. How about you? Here’s a snippet from this week’s Happy Mail ✉️🤗🙏👇 I appreciate the ride we share together. For the bolstering this space gives us both. And for the reminder that we are not alone in remembering we are awake and we choose to practice despite the wobbles we experience. It is one of the best commitments I have made and kept, I am so glad to say! A gentle reminder for us both: This is a new season with new… …Read More »

Honor Your Way // Tea with Robin Episode 116

In this episode, honor what matters for you in this time now. We can choose the experience we want to be having. It’s okay to be happy, it’s okay to redefine what that looks like now. Your way is the right way, honor your way. I’ll talk about how to handle the awkward situations about getting together or not right now, and we’ll have a letter from a friend who’s worried about his daughter. All this and more! Come grab a cuppa yum yum and meet me here: 🎧 Listen to Episode 116: Honor Your Way Complete transcript with timestamps… …Read More »

Holidays & Covid & Resistance, Oh My! // Tea with Robin Episode 115

There’s a lot moving right now. The holidays are coming. An uptick in Cov*d cases. The seasons are shifting. Political agendas. And our own feelings about all of this and more. I wonder, how are we choosing to roll in this time now? There’s a lot of pressure you may be feeling, but it’s worth noting that you are not the pressure itself. Make space to take good care of you and honor how you’re feeling. Keep in mind: You may be sensing the psychic pressure in the world right now and that’s not necessarily yours. Our inspiration is an… …Read More »