Eve Bernfeld
Humility (Conservation of Energy, Part 3)
I learned the climbers rest step early in my life, growing up at high altitude, the child of mountaineers. Step, breathe, step, breathe,...
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Eve Bernfeld
- Jan 10
- 1 min
Sick Kid
It was weird how easily I was able to shift gears this morning from ready to teach to home with a sick kid. Am I finally becoming...
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Eve Bernfeld
- Jun 3, 2022
- 2 min
Resistance
The first time I recall feeling anxious before travel I was 29 years old. My dad was driving me to the airport for the trip of a...
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Eve Bernfeld
- May 15, 2022
- 2 min
There's No Such Thing as an Ant
I watched a sugar ant walk across my kitchen counter, knowing that a string of ants wouldn’t be far behind. And I found myself engaged...
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Eve Bernfeld
- Mar 16, 2022
- 2 min
I'd Rather Be Here Now
The other day I was walking at Smith and Bybee Lakes next to my son. It was a gorgeous day—warm enough for a thick hoodie and scarf,...
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Eve Bernfeld
- Oct 19, 2021
- 2 min
Portrait of a Mother in Repose
Saturday is the one day I dispense with my morning routine. No scraping myself out of bed before my family to sweep, write and walk...
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Eve Bernfeld
- Sep 14, 2021
- 2 min
Hit the Deck
I guess people perceive me as the Posture Police, because they are often saying things to me like: “At the end of the day/at the end of a...
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Eve Bernfeld
- Sep 1, 2021
- 2 min
Five Things I’m Saying NO to So That I Can Say YES to What I Want
Lately, after a year and a half of dormancy, opportunities have started coming my way—things that elicit, as my friend Melissa would say,...
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Eve Bernfeld
- Jul 20, 2021
- 3 min
What If Judgment...*
1. What if judging myself (and the ensuing shame spiral) is just another habit that is not currently serving me? Could I approach my...
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Eve Bernfeld
- May 3, 2021
- 3 min
Self-Permission
Expressing ourselves through words or images or movement is not about “talent” or being “good enough” to be a professional
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Eve Bernfeld
- Jul 21, 2020
- 3 min
Is NO a Four-Letter Word?
Part 2: Without No, there can be no Yes.
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Eve Bernfeld
- Mar 24, 2020
- 2 min
Tangled
I propose we spend a few minutes every day taking some time to PAUSE. Taking some time to reorganize ourselves.
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Eve Bernfeld
- Mar 8, 2020
- 3 min
Is NO a Four-Letter Word? Part 1: Ado Annie
I thanked the word NO, for giving me this much-needed solitude.
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Eve Bernfeld
- Feb 6, 2020
- 3 min
Fun With the Scientific Method
Asking the right questions might be most life-affirming favor we can do for someone. Or for ourselves.
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Eve Bernfeld
- Jan 8, 2020
- 2 min
It's the HOW
My ability to manage the HOW I do things is the difference between feeling steamrolled by my life and feeling like I can (just) manage it.
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Eve Bernfeld
- Dec 2, 2019
- 2 min
Stormy Weather
Changing my position, giving myself, quite literally, a different perspective, tends to rattle something free in my brain.
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Eve Bernfeld
- Oct 16, 2019
- 3 min
The Crux
Saying NO to the million tiny habits of body and mind that contribute to feeling diminished, to feeling like I can’t go on.
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Eve Bernfeld
- Sep 11, 2019
- 2 min
Pause Now, Thank Me Later
I kept catching myself lifting my shoulders, hunching toward my paper and holding my breath. Old habits die hard.
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Eve Bernfeld
- Aug 7, 2019
- 2 min
Schooled
Sometimes the most “productive” thing to do is nothing. Productive of renewed energy, refreshed thinking, rediscovered enthusiasm.
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Eve Bernfeld
- Jun 2, 2019
- 3 min
How to Improve Your Child's Posture
Hunching over or puffing up are not benign, but are instead powerful information about what is happening inside our children (and ourselves)
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