
Why I unplugged on my busiest day ever
Life Balance, Mindfulness
Last Monday morning I returned to mountains of work having been off for a week with my family for spring break (when we go on vacation we generally go "off the grid"). In addition to hundreds of emails, phone messages and requests for my…

Finding balance in a 24/7 world
Life Balance, Mindfulness
Growing up with a parent who suffered from clinical depression and navigating a heaping dose of dysfunction, stress, anxiety and "not feeling enough" the first thirty years of my life, left me highly motivated to want to FEEL GOOD.
The…

Rest = good self-care
Self-Care
"If we feel tired, we think something is wrong. Nothing is wrong. We are just tired. We need rest. Sometimes a lot of it, if we've gone for years vetoing our body's signals." Dr. Claudia Welch
A yoga teacher with a neurobiology background told…

7 reasons to ask for help (& support for getting started)
Life Balance, MindfulnessMy husband and I have been navigating some bumpy parenting terrain; unfortunately we're not alone. While at times, things can feel really tough, I find tremendous comfort from knowing we have a strong support network in place that we can turn…

7 ways to live inside-out
Mindfulness
Last week my husband I were at a dinner party with several other couples. Henry and Amy were lamenting about how much their lives had changed since our potluck dinner the month before. “Just a few weeks ago I was seriously contemplating…