How Can I Embrace Love to Sustain My Activism?
Recognizing the Pull of Despair in Turbulent Times As I sit down to write this in a local coffee shop, I am feeling the heaviness of these tumultuous times. Oh,…
How to Spark Joy and Reduce Stress: Powerful Journal Prompts for Self-Care
Journal Prompts that Will Spark Your Natural Joy Journaling is a powerful, nurturing form of self-care. It allows our minds to release emotions, ideas, stress, dreams, and even anxiety. For…
Why Don’t I Want to Make New Year’s Resolutions?
January as The Arbitrary Harbinger of the New Year On the eve of 2025, I was asleep by 9:30 pm. New Year’s Day was just a Wednesday, a free day…
Taking time for self-care, Briana Anderson sits perched on a stone overhang surrounded by the autumnal mountains of Arkansas. Photo Credit: Briana Anderson
One Activist’s Journey Out of Despair and Into Empowerment
Reckoning with the Ugly Truth: Mass Extinction As Kansas City native Briana Anderson progressed though her Wildlife Biology program in college, she started to realize something was fundamentally wrong: “Every…
How Do We Deal with Uncertainty?
Earth has many, many voices. Those who understand that Earth is a living being know this because they have translated themselves to the humble grasses and old trees. - Roshi…
A Nurturing Lesson from the Hummingbirds
There is something incredibly special about spotting a hummingbird. A fleeting moment when one pauses at a flower in your garden, zooms by your window as you enjoy your morning…
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Self-Care – Cultivating Play and Rest
In my last blog post, I wrote about activism as self-care…..which for me is the easy part….doing. But as I am learning, self-care should also include adequate rest and play.…
EnviroTip #14: Revamp our Spending
Much about our spending can be reflected in the way we eat chocolate. One of the five essentials for a resilient world is to “Revamp Our Spending.” We at The…
Starts with Mindset – Culminates in Community
I come to The Resilient Activist from a different path. I have a decades-long passion for wellness, but I am new to activism. In some ways, the two values of…