Do you force or allow things to happen?
Life Balance, Work Life Balance“Water is fluid, soft, and yielding. But water will wear away rock, which is rigid and cannot yield. As a rule, whatever is fluid, soft, and yielding will overcome whatever is rigid and hard. This is another paradox: what is soft is strong.” ―…
7 reasons to start asking for help
Life Balance
My husband and I have been navigating some bumpy parenting terrain and I know 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 to…
4 good things born from these times
MindfulnessAs I travel around the US speaking and facilitating resiliency workshops/retreats, just about everywhere I go, I witness emotional fatigue and exhaustion. I know Clarissa Pinkola Estes says, “We were made for these times.” But between all…
Are your relationships fueled by love or fear?
Mindfulness
I don’t write much about my son, now 15, out of respect for his privacy and journey to becoming a young man. But it’s not a secret among my friends that parenting a teen has been the hardest thing my husband and I have ever done. (I’m…
Change your environment, change your perspective
Mindfulness, Self-CareThis past weekend while I was leading a women’s self-care retreat at Esalen–a beautiful, legendary 40-year-old retreat center in stunning Big Sur, CA–I was reminded of the power of changing environments to shift perspective.
As I lay…