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Reading Is Self-Care (And Always Has Been)

Reading Is Self-Care (And Always Has Been)

Nina Baxter

Somewhere along the way, self-care became loud.It became expensive.It became performative. But long before skincare fridges, hot girl walks, and curated morning routines, there was something simpler. Quieter. Older. There...

Reading Is Self-Care (And Always Has Been)

Nina Baxter

Somewhere along the way, self-care became loud.It became expensive.It became performative. But long before skincare fridges, hot girl walks, and curated morning routines, there was something simpler. Quieter. Older. There...

Books as Emotional Support During Burnout

Books as Emotional Support During Burnout

Nina Baxter

Burnout doesn’t always arrive loudly.Sometimes it slips in quietly—disguised as exhaustion you can’t sleep off, a heaviness you can’t name, or a creative spark that feels just out of reach....

Books as Emotional Support During Burnout

Nina Baxter

Burnout doesn’t always arrive loudly.Sometimes it slips in quietly—disguised as exhaustion you can’t sleep off, a heaviness you can’t name, or a creative spark that feels just out of reach....

Hibernate Season: Choosing Books, Blankets, and Boundaries

Hibernate Season: Choosing Books, Blankets, and...

Nina Baxter

There’s a quiet truth we don’t say loud enough:Winter is not the time to bloom.It’s the time to rest, repair, and retreat inward. Hibernate season isn’t laziness. It isn’t giving...

Hibernate Season: Choosing Books, Blankets, and...

Nina Baxter

There’s a quiet truth we don’t say loud enough:Winter is not the time to bloom.It’s the time to rest, repair, and retreat inward. Hibernate season isn’t laziness. It isn’t giving...

Choosing Joy in the Messy Middle

Choosing Joy in the Messy Middle

Nina Baxter

There’s a version of joy we’re taught to chase—the kind that arrives after everything is figured out.After the healing.After the glow-up.After the prayers are answered, the goals are met, the...

Choosing Joy in the Messy Middle

Nina Baxter

There’s a version of joy we’re taught to chase—the kind that arrives after everything is figured out.After the healing.After the glow-up.After the prayers are answered, the goals are met, the...

The Power of Pausing: Grace in the Everyday

The Power of Pausing: Grace in the Everyday

Nina Baxter

Life has a way of rushing our hearts.The inbox, the errands, the noise.The pressure to keep going, keep producing, keep being “on.” But somewhere between the deadlines and the deep...

The Power of Pausing: Grace in the Everyday

Nina Baxter

Life has a way of rushing our hearts.The inbox, the errands, the noise.The pressure to keep going, keep producing, keep being “on.” But somewhere between the deadlines and the deep...

Cozy Coffee Moments: Finding Stillness in Small Rituals

Cozy Coffee Moments: Finding Stillness in Small...

Nina Baxter

There’s a certain kind of magic in the quiet hours of morning — before the day begins asking for too much, before your mind starts racing through to-do lists and...

Cozy Coffee Moments: Finding Stillness in Small...

Nina Baxter

There’s a certain kind of magic in the quiet hours of morning — before the day begins asking for too much, before your mind starts racing through to-do lists and...