Connection = medicine. Are you getting your daily dose?
emotional self-care, NewsletterIn 2002 after my son Jonah was born, I sent an email out to a handful of friends from my prenatal yoga class and invited them to meet me at our local park on the following Wednesday. We sat on blankets under big oak trees nursing our newborns.…
This is the time for RADICAL self-care
Life BalanceI am with you. Take a deep breath. We’re going to be OK.
When I lead retreats, I often begin by asking each participant, “What are the calming, self-soothing words you *most need* to hear right now?" Perhaps they…
Quaran-crazy? 5 questions to foster peace & sanity
Life Balance, NewsletterMy jazz pianist son is downstairs in the living room (loudly) riffing on a John Coltrane piece while Skyping with his piano teacher, my husband is at the kitchen table on a conference call with his global software development team and I’m…
What’s helping me now? Being with what is
Mindfulness, NewsletterLast Thursday evening--the night before my son's 18th birthday--we were in a near-fatal car accident and my car was totaled. The next day I learned my keynote addresses and retreats for the spring were all cancelled due to the pandemic. Now…
Living in the future = recipe for stress
Life Balance, Newsletter, Stress ManagementYears ago I remember being in a workshop with Richard Carlson, a gifted teacher, father and the author of Slowing Down to the Speed of Life, Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff (It’s All Small Stuff) and many other best-selling titles.
Richard…
7 reasons to choose LOVE over FEAR in 2020
Mindfulness, NewsletterLast week I took advantage of early voting in Texas. All the voting locations near me had incredibly long waits so I ventured farther south to a voting spot in a large shopping center on the outskirts of Austin. I walked into the bright, air-conditioned,…