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When We Do Less, We Experience More
Mindfulness, Newsletter Last week, I was juggling work deadlines, interviewing interns, wrapping up 2025 contracts and packing up to head out of town for two weeks. On Wednesday morning after my meditation, I looked at my too-full work-day and realized that while…
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7 Back-to-School Strategies to Support More Flow
Mindfulness, NewsletterIt’s 1976. I’m in fifth grade and standing by our front door with my red plaid backpack. My eyes scanning, I watch my four younger brothers dart from room to room. My stomach is in knots. It’s 7:45 a.m. We should have left fifteen minutes…
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Considering Therapy? Read This First.
emotional self-care, NewsletterWhenever these calls come in, I try and encourage my friends to slow down, step back and approach this process with mindfulness and intention. Take your time to get this right; you’re going to be sharing your innermost thoughts and feelings with this person. I’m a big fan of psychotherapy as one of many healing modalities.
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3 Ways to Quell Your Anxiety
Mindfulness, Newsletter“Perhaps the biggest tragedy of our lives is that freedom is possible, yet we can pass our years trapped in the same old patterns.” -Tara Brach, author of Radical Acceptance Are you normalizing stress? Everywhere I turn men and women are…
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5 Ways to Have Your Best Day Ever
living intentionally, NewsletterLately, my schedule has been really erratic. I’ve been traveling and some of my typical, nourishing daily routines took a back seat. But, the one thing I stick to as much as possible—no matter where I am—is entering the day intentionally. Why? Because…
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Yes. Many Things Are True At Once
Mindfulness, NewsletterShakespeare said, “Nothing is either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.” Perspective is everything. Around the country, many are experiencing deep frustration, pain and despair right now. Others are expanding hopefully into what is…
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Find Peace of Mind: Take a Digital Detox
Mindfulness, NewsletterI recently took a week off from work to unplug (no computer use, email, TV/movies and only minimal essential phone use). I spent the time pulling weeds in the early morning, journaling, doing creative visioning for my business, taking evening…
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Do You Prioritize Emotional Self-Care?
emotional self-care, NewsletterAuthor and self-care expert Renee Trudeau offers a short video on ways to feel more grounded.
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Breaking Free, Making Hard Choices
living intentionally, NewsletterAuthor and self-care expert Renee Trudeau offers a short video on ways to feel more grounded.
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Connection = Medicine for the Body, Mind & Soul
emotional self-care, Newsletter, support system I recently led a virtual work-life balance retreat for a group of women leaders. At the end of the day, a participant reached out and tearfully shared, “I had no idea how badly I needed that. Not just the connection with other women, but…
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7 Ways to Have a More Mindful Vacation
Mindfulness, NewsletterI was visiting with a good friend last week who was feeling exhausted, frustrated and saddened that her recent family vacation was not what she had intended or needed. “We crammed too much in, checked our work email too often and didn’t…
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Why Rituals Matter (and where to begin)
Newsletter, Women's RetreatsLife is not a thing to be managed, it is a mystery to be lived. Last weekend my only son graduated from college in Wisconsin. The night before he walked across the stage, my husband and I gathered in an Airbnb with my five siblings—who had…