Slower is better
Mindfulness Last week I attended a meditation workshop with my teacher Dr. Richard Miller. Taking three hours off in the middle of a Tuesday afternoon to learn more about the benefits of meditation and how to bring this into my daily life felt a bit…
Why I meditate
Mindfulness I woke up this morning feeling tired even though I got eight solid hours of sleep last night. Transitioning and training new staff, switching gears to a new summer routine and looking at real estate while we engage in long-term financial…
Do less, experience more
Self-Care Recently, our family was invited to visit friends for the weekend at their cabin on the river, an hour’s drive from our house. The night before we were going to leave, my husband and I were frantically creating lists of all the things…
What’s your intention for this summer?
Women's Retreats, Work Life Balance What is your intention for summer 2014? Do you plan to slow down and enjoy unscheduled downtime with your family? Is there a work or creative project you want to complete by the end of August? Do you want to reconnect with those you love…
9 self-care practices I can’t live without
Self-Care I just returned from a family graduation celebration in Philadelphia. We indulged. It was a gastronomic whirlwind: divine Greek dishes, sublime Italian gelato and delicious Saag Paneer with a heaping side of poor sleep. When I get off my…
Who am I, really?
Women's Retreats, Work Life Balance "The privilege of a lifetime is being who you really are." Joseph Campbell This past week I was visiting with a friend, a wise and trusted OB-GYN. She shared that she is experiencing some sadness and grief. After many decades, she is…
Year-of-Self-Care Mother’s Day Giveaway
Self-Care Self-care—the art of attuning and responding to your needs and desires—is a moment to moment process. It’s not about adding something to your to-do list; it’s about cultivating a new way of being. Renee Trudeau I remember the…
What does self-care mean to you?
Self-Care I just returned from leading a self-renewal retreat for women at a new retreat center in the Midwest. The beautiful women I gathered with from Iowa, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas and Missouri were all at different life stages but shared…
Being with what is
Mindfulness, Self-Care I'm having a really difficult time right now "Being with what is." My son continues to eat foods he's intolerant to that make him crazy irritable (welcome to middle school), my beloved after 20 years, is still not the handy-man I wish he…
Think you’re authentic?
Self-Care This past weekend I attended an annual celebration and awards banquet for a wonderful national women’s organization I’ve been actively involved with for more than 25 years. In many ways this tribe raised me during the first 15 years…
Do you live … intentionally?
Mindfulness My family is thinking of moving to a different area of Austin. This is part of a larger plan we're piecing together around how we want to work, play, connect, foster community, generate revenue and "be" in the second half of our life. (Read…
Breaking free, making hard choices
Self-Care It is 1976, and my physician dad has left his booming medical practice in San Antonio. We have abandoned our comfortable, sprawling ranch-style home on two acres and have moved into a twelve-hundred-square-foot home with a wood-burning stove…