by Carmen Champion | Dec 4, 2024 | Carmen Champion, Lifestyle, Weekly Letter
My husband does this thing when he’s overwhelmed, he starts to romanticize a place where he was more comfortable. For example, sometimes when he’s overwhelmed with the house, he will talk about missing our tiny apartment that was easy to maintain (and easy to mess). I...
by Carmen Champion | Aug 22, 2024 | Carmen Champion, Weekly Letter
When I first started teaching yoga, other teachers warned me there are students who don’t like to use yoga props. To those students, props show a weakness or an inability. I was baffled, as I was being trained the props give the person MORE access not less. And yet,...
by Carmen Champion | Jul 9, 2024 | Carmen Champion, Weekly Letter
My friend had a very elderly dog who was demonstrating they were in some pain and losing their quality of life. My friend was faced with the impossible decision of whether it was time to put her beloved pup down. She and her husband went to their vet to discuss all...
by Carmen Champion | Jul 8, 2024 | Uncategorized, Weekly Letter
This is a working document of questions myself and a friend put together to evaluate our own feelings regarding situations of conflict. We created this in a conversation as we discussed boundaries and healthy relationships. As people who live out in the world, in a...
by Carmen Champion | Jul 2, 2024 | Carmen Champion, Weekly Letter
My best friend comes from an abusive upbringing. Later she was in an abusive marriage. Now in her 50’s her parents who treated her so poorly lean on her to help them. Her and her siblings all have had different systems of processing their childhoods and some have made...
