self care — Blog — erin salmon

On healing when your heart is tired (the best I have to offer us).

First things first. Remove anything on your body involving buttons, zippers, or hooks and put on the stretchiest, coziest items in your closet. You should be as comfortable as possible right now, and even though your button-fly jeans are very hip and make your rear end look like a fashion model’s, you deserve to take a deep breath and inhabit as much physical space as you need to;

Being in The World, Journal, Love LettersErin SalmonNovember 4, 2020healing, mental health, community, peace, election season, 2020, self careComment

as I love myself

Turns out, I’m not very good at being with myself. I’ve spent so much time trying to outrun my desire, my anger, and my tenderness because those things have always felt much more like afflictions than gifts. The question of what I want has always been a bit intimidating, but these days, I’m trying to slow down a bit and listen to what my body and soul are saying.

JournalErin SalmonMay 27, 2020enneagram 2, self love, therapy, tenderness, tension, self careComment

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