Catherine Andrews

2 days ago

Guilt, boundaries, and me

How I’m staying with it all. Some boundaries I’m setting lately and how I’m dealing with the guilt Happy Sunday, Soothers. If you’re like me, a thoughtful, empathetic, perfectionist and people-pleasing do-gooder tryna live her life out in the world, you have probably struggled to set boundaries. Setting boundaries has been a huge challenge for me throughout my life, mostly driven by…

Self Improvement

6 min read

May 15

7 tips to use affirmations so they actually work

They’re not what you think. How to use affirmations so they actually work Happy Sunday, Soothers. If you’re anything like me, you know that affirmations are a big cornerstone and tenet of self-development but they never fully just… clicked for you. Maybe they felt fake, they felt lame, you couldn’t really actually believe they would work, or the…

Positive Thinking

7 min read

7 tips to use affirmations so they actually work

May 8

The risks of visibility and trying (and why to do it anyways)

You can do this. Happy Sunday, Soothers. I just finished a period of “launching” (aka, simply just selling something that has a concrete start and end date to the selling period) my dating course and I was doing some reflecting on it afterwards. Being a recovering codependent, people pleaser, and…

Business

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The risks of visibility and trying (and why to do it anyways)

May 1

How I’m finally embracing my slow

Slow seems to be the way that works for me, despite my best efforts. Happy Sunday, Soothers. I have decided to just claim: I am a person who processes the world and moves through it slowly. I make decisions slowly. I need all the time in the world both in…

Life

4 min read

Apr 24

What I do when I’m creatively blocked

What is true? What do I need? Happy Sunday, Soothers. Did you know I actually write the Sunday Soother on Mondays? I let the day itself pass and try to put myself in a Sunday state of mind at the start of the week when I’m writing the newsletter. Normally…

Creativity

5 min read

Apr 17

Better understanding codependency, and how to start recovering from it

Let the trees teach us. Happy Sunday, Soothers. I remember when it first clicked for me that I was codependent, and what that truly meant. …

Perfectionism

6 min read

Better understanding codependency, and how to start recovering from it

Mar 27

How to relate, instead of dominate or manipulate

Where might you be manipulating instead of tending to? Happy Sunday, Soothers. Most of us know that we live in a world that for the past several centuries has been created by colonization and domination. …

5 min read

How to relate, instead of dominate or manipulate

Mar 6

A framework for making failure less scary

It’s all about evaluation. Welcome! You can subscribe to the Sunday Soother newsletter here. How to turn failure into evaluation Happy Sunday, Soothers. Back in 2019 a Twitter account I followed asked, “If you could go back and tell 2009 You one piece of advice that would have REALLY HELPED if it hadn’t taken you this…

5 min read

A framework for making failure less scary

Feb 20

What we get wrong about the inner critic

Happy Sunday, Soothers. In honor of my upcoming workshop on Healing Your Inner Critic on February 27th (replay provided), I wanted to tell you a little bit about my inner critic journey and how I’ve come into right relationship with her. I think we have a misguided approach to our…

Inner Critic

4 min read

Feb 12

Rituals for times of contraction and expansion

It’s all a cycle. Here’s how to support yourself through it. Happy Sunday, Soothers. …

Self Improvement

5 min read

Rituals for times of contraction and expansion