Is Your Self-care Routine Becoming a Drag? The Functional Perfectionist discusses why trying to stick to a spiritual/mindful practice and self-care routine during extra busy times (and then exerting even more pressure by being hard on yourself when you can't keep it up) doesn't really work. What usually works much better is mindful self-care; in other words, checking in with yourself in relation to what you truly need the most in that moment or that day; rotating positive ene

The Functional Perfectionist shares about feeling compassion fatigue due to the fact that so much happening in the world right now that requires continuous forgiveness, understanding, sympathy, empathy… and shares this simple workaround: "If I can’t bring myself to find compassion and forgive others for their (ongoing) trespasses quite yet, I can at least show compassion to myself."