Kali J Desautels

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Originally intended to simply focus on book reviews, over time, KaliDesautelsReads has morphed into its own entity. I write about issues that are near to my heart, be they political, feminist, motherhood, mental health, or, as the title holds, books. A thirty-something Canadian woman in my mid-thirties, I have been “super married” to my high school sweetheart since 2006, and together we have two crazy, clever, kind, hilarious, wonderful kids. My first book – How Not To Blog: Finding Myself, One Post at a Time is available on Amazon (in eBook formats for you clever tech readers, and paperback for those of us who love that new book smell!) I have tried a podcast – it’s still on Apple and Google Podcasts – but writing is where my heart is. My life changed dramatically when my husband was diagnosed with Stage 3 cancer in 2018, and I am now a writer for a leading Canadian Cancer Non-Profit. I am lucky enough to have a family that loves me and pushes me to be my best, even if it is outside of my cushiony comfort zone. I have a village of friends that nourish me, mentally, and spiritually. Welcome to my thoughts. Sit down. Stay a while. Enjoy a cup of coffee!

Ineffective Recharging

Happy Wednesday! Is anyone else feeling a bit like this charging station right now? Without much hope of recharging after a loooong January?

It’s crazy how we can put so much effort into our new year’s resolutions that we forget that one of them was to take more time to rest and recharge. If you are going full out right now, and can’t seem to find a place to recharge your batteries, may I suggest that tonight is a good night to take a few minutes (or hours) to yourself? Take a bath. Read a book. Watch 6 episodes of something on Netflix, or Frozen for the 90th time on Disney+. Bake a cake. Drink a bunch of water. Go to yoga. Go to the gym. Put on a Jillian Michaels’ exercise video and yell back at her that you don’t care about your hipbones in skinny jeans. Anything that will help you get through the rest of your week/month/season.

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