Do you slow down in the ‘between times’ at the end of the year? I usually don’t, but I wonder if perhaps we’re supposed to.

Fitness, Holidays, Mental Training, ResilienceMeredith LyonsDecember 30, 2022mental training, Resilience, recovery Comment

Dealing with Overwhelm: When the To-Do List Becomes Intimidating

No matter how organized or on top of things one is, there will come a day, a week, maybe even a month, where you feel like your scrambling and barely keeping your head above water. Often when we’re overwhelmed, we freeze or procrastinate (or choose your own less-than-desirable panic reaction) and forget the easiest way out: start small.

Motivation, Mental Training, ResilienceMeredith LyonsOctober 28, 2022Motivation, mental training, ResilienceComment

Can you force creative 'flow'?

In positive psychology, a flow state, also known colloquially as being in the zone, is the mental state in which a person performing some activity is fully immersed in a feeling of energized focus, full involvement, and enjoyment in the process of the activity. In essence, flow is characterized by the complete absorption in what one does, and a resulting transformation in one's sense of time. - From Wikipedia

Mental Training, Motivation, Resilience, WritingMeredith LyonsOctober 14, 2022mental training, Motivation, writing, ResilienceComment

Achilles Tenonitis - light at the end of the tunnel

I searched all over the internet for information on this injury. Yes, I wanted answers and medically backed references that what I was doing in therapy was correct. But I also wanted to know that it was going to work. I wanted hope. I joined Facebook groups, I watched TikTok videos, I was insane and obsessed, y’all. But I’m putting this out there because I know someone else is probably doing the same right now and I’ll put this out there in case it helps. A lot of getting past this injury is mental.

Diet, Fitness, Health, Mental Training, Motivation, Resilience, RunningMeredith LyonsSeptember 23, 2022running, injury, coming back from injury, physical therapy, recovery, ResilienceComment

It takes a year.

Learning to take time in an instant gratification world.

Fitness, Health, Mental Training, ResilienceMeredith LyonsSeptember 9, 2022ResilienceComment

Why being 'pretty good' at something is often the most difficult space.

When you’re rising in a new skill, I think the toughest place to be is often that intermediate area. That middle-of-the-climb spot where you’re no longer a novice, but not yet great. I feel that this spot is the most frustrating and yet often the spot where we give ourselves the least amount of grace.

Fighting, Mental Training, Motivation, resilianceMeredith LyonsJuly 29, 2022Resilience, mental training, MotivationComment

Managing the influx of horrible news.

Sometimes I’ve had all I can take from the news. And I realize that it’s a privilege to be able to turn it off for a second, but I also believe it’s okay to take a break if you need to. As much as we would like it if there were, there’s no physical dragon we can all run out a slay.

Things that are worth doing.

The world can be overwhelming and things can seem pointless at times. But there are always simple things worth doing.

Mental Training, MotivationMeredith LyonsApril 8, 2022ResilienceComment

Then and Now: A couple decades later

My kindergarten friend, Aerie asked me to write today’s post in a compare and contrast theme. Specifically, comparing how I was at twenty to how I am now.

Changing careers by the decade

I’ve never been happy with doing just one thing. And there’s a lot that I still want to try.

resilianceMeredith LyonsAugust 20, 2021Resilience, growth Comments

Worst Case Scenario

A reminder for my fellow disaster planners and myself. Be careful with your body and don’t borrow misery that’s not yours.

It's the Little Things

This one is fluff because I’ve had a hard week and that’s what I need. It’s about how I bought my cats a cat tree and they loved it. The end. Seriously. This is what I’m writing about this week.

Friends and Family, Pets, resiliance, RelationshipsMeredith LyonsApril 2, 2021Kittens, Resilience, family, PetsComment

Change, adaptation and growth

I believe there are three types of change, and the way we recognize how we respond to them can drastically affect our lives.

Loss, Mental Training, resiliance, Starting FreshMeredith LyonsFebruary 5, 2021Resilience, changeComment

Earning the right to relax

Dissecting why I feel the need to overwork myself right before a vacation.

Being a Creative in Covid

For all of those out there in the habit of beating themselves up because they just. can’t. create.

Friends and Family, Mental Training, Motivation, resilianceMeredith LyonsNovember 13, 2020Resilience, Relationships, freelancer, CreativityComment

Finding Hope

Tasked with finding hope in the midst of a days-long election and a pandemic breaking daily records, I do my best.

Motivation, resilianceMeredith LyonsNovember 6, 2020Resilience, MotivationComment

Hooray, Hooray, I'm your silver lining

This was potentially my most difficult entry to write yet. Everything right now is so fraught with tension and honestly, that’s boring to write about unless you have a new perspective on it or a way to relieve it. So I went a different way.

I like to take my own photos, but the one illustrating this entry of me and Dean was taken by our friend Edith. I have only resized it. No filters, no crops. It’s perfect as is.