Guest contributor Steph Hillier (she/her) writes with honesty and humor about the fears, challenges, and hopes of going through eating disorder recovery. Read Steph’s story to learn how living with anorexia ultimately exhausted her of beating herself up for being an imperfect human, leading her to commit to walking the path of recovery wearing “kick-ass love glasses and self-compassion capes.”

With the change of seasons, comes fresh opportunites to learn from the wisdom of nature. When we slow down enough to notice, we can witness how nature models patience and has no intention of perfectionism. Here I share what practicing patience means for me in my life during this time in the pandemic and my life’s journey.

Once a perfectionist, always a perfectionist. Or maybe not? Guest blogger Angie Viets, LCP, talks about the gripping and cruel reality of perfectionism and shares how she is challenging that voice that relentlessly demands more, better, best.