The BIG Lesson I Learned 5-Years After That Viral Blog Post

by Leesa Renée | Feb 2, 2023 | Inner Field Trip

Originally posted in the Inner Field Trip® community on Patreon on October 11, 2022 At 3:06pm Eastern on October 11, 2017, I published a post on my blog containing nine writing prompts to address spiritual bypassing, tone policing, and unconscious biases related to...

Rest isn’t a reward for the work; it’s part of the work – A timeline of this quote

by Leesa Renée | Nov 22, 2022 | Inner Field Trip

“Rest isn’t a reward for the work; it’s part of the work.” This is a quote that I came up with in October 2021 after reading a post on Instagram written by Tricia Hersey, who posts at The Nap Ministry. I’m including a screenshot below....

The Key Problem Setting S.M.A.R.T. Goals Through a Culturally Responsive & Socially Just Lens

by Leesa Renée | Nov 16, 2022 | Inner Field Trip

S.M.A.R.T. goals are specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, and time sensitive. There are many articles and posts explaining what are S.M.A.R.T. goals that I don’t need to labour over those details here. First, a backgrounder on how S.M.A.R.T. goals were...

Kindness vs Weaponized Kindness: What’s the Difference?

by Leesa Renée | Jan 16, 2022 | Boundaries

Being kind is not the problem. In fact, we all should be. But when kindness is used as a tool to guilt someone into abandoning their anger around injustice, or pressure someone into loosening their boundaries, or ridiculing someone to dump their self-care practices,...

The Great Opt Out Manifesto: Why I Just Cannot Return to Normal and What I Want Instead (Contains Guided Prompts for Journaling)

by Leesa Renée | Jul 29, 2021 | Boundaries, Highly Sensitive People

The expanded essay, plus the 6 lessons I learned sheltering-in-place, is posted here. If you’d like to receive the 5 guided prompts so you can use reflective journaling to get clear about what you want to opt out of, enter your info in the box below to get them...