Do you live intentionally, or haphazardly?
Life Balance, Work Life Balance "A strong intention can make 'two oceans wide' be the size of a blanket or 'seven hundred years' the time it takes to walk to someone you love." Rumi Do you ever wonder how all the day-to-day choices you make, big and small, affect your…
What are your non-negotiables? (+a girlfriend giveaway)
Life & Career Coaching In our 15 year old career coaching firm, one of the exercises we often have our career exploration clients do--after we've worked with them to define what they want, what they do best and what's a fit for them--is to come up with their top…
6 ways to stress less & simplify this fall
Self-Care In the Native American tradition, September signifies the start of a new year. It certainly feels this way to parents. Whether your kids are toddlers or teens, the start of the school year signifies opportunity, a time for a fresh start…
Permission granted to slow down
Mindfulness Ever since my son and I got back from our month off the grid in Western North Carolina--read What the Mountains Taught Me--I've been thinking about how speeded up we have all become: plowing through inhumane to-do lists, agreeing to crazy…
Why we should do it different
Self-Care This past weekend my 12 year-old son was out of town and my husband and I enjoyed an extended 48-hour date. We tried a new breakfast spot, drove to the other side of town to clothes shop (a big deal in a city that where traffic has gotten…
What the mountains taught me
Mindfulness, Work Life Balance The world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains, rivers and cities; but to know someone who thinks and feels with us and who, though distant, is close to us in spirit, this makes the earth for us an inhabited garden.― Johann Wolfgang…
Permission granted: name & claim the life you desire!
Life & Career Coaching, Self-Care Ten years ago when my son was in preschool, my cup was feeling really full and in a moment of supreme clarity, I sat down one morning and wrote: The life I desire is marked by deep connections to my child and partner. It’s a life filled…
Are you feeling called to simplify?
Self-Care Many of us feel called to simplify our lives and do less. Not a fluffy, it-would-be nice- to-have-clean-closets simplicity, but a new way of being. This new simplicity is about purging and streamlining our thinking, our doing, our giving…
Maybe it’s time … to ask for help
Women's Empowerment We weren’t meant to do everything for ourselves. We all need support — lots of it. Assess how you currently navigate challenges. You or your spouse just got laid off from your job. Do you immediately isolate, put on your armor,…
8 tips for a mindful vacation
Mindfulness I 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. "We crammed too much in, checked our work email too often and didn't build in…
Rest
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…
Is it time to unplug?
Mindfulness I just returned from leading a self-renewal retreat at Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health on the east coast for an amazing group of women from all over North America. I was away from the office for a total of five days ... unplugged.…