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How to have the summer you desire
Self-Care "It's summertime and the living is easy ..." Or maybe it's not. Last weekend I led a retreat at Kripalu Yoga & Wellness Center for 65 women. During our Saturday break, I attended a dance class and the instructor opened with these…
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Are you living your life (or someone else’s)?
Self-Care "It is 1976, and my dad has left his booming medical practice in San Antonio. We have abandoned our comfortable, sprawling ranch-style home on two acres and have moved into a twelve-hundred-square-foot home with a wood-burning stove on fifty…
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8 ways to enjoy a stress-free vacation
Self-Care Recently our family was invited to visit friends for the weekend at their cabin on the river a couple hour’s drive from our house. Two days before we were going to leave, my husband and I were frantically creating lists of all the…
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What does self-care mean to you?
Self-Care Last week I connected with some powerful national presenters and we discussed the concept of self-care. Like many, they see self-care as something you "should do" for your physical health (exercise, eat well, get enough sleep), but that's…