Holding it Together is Overrated
Self-Care I'm the oldest of seven, the product of overachievers, a hyper-competent, perpetual "woman who always has answers and knows where she's going," the go-to girl--the one who seems to always have it together. Lately I'm questioning how this…
Is Facebook Changing Who You Are?
Self-Care Last Saturday, after an early morning family walk and outing, I came home, showered, put away the groceries and posted the following on my personal Facebook page: "Early morning family hike around east Town Lake Trail (beautiful rowing on…
Staying Slow When Everything’s Fast
Life Balance Last Friday evening I became aware I was allowing someone I was working with to have too much say over how I was feeling. I was giving this relationship--a relatively new one--too much weight, too much power. And I didn't like how this was…
Rest
Work Life Balance As I'm juggling summer camp logistics for my son, final editing on my new book, retreat prep/facilitation, managing business details and interviewing/training staff I find myself spiking with envy when I see my friends summer vacation photos. Last…
Sippy Cups for Everyone!!
Mindfulness I’m moving across the floor inNia class and finding myself becoming more and more annoyed with the woman dancing in front of me. The room is packed—it’s a farewell class for one of our dear members who’s moving out of state—yet…
Do You Embrace–or Avoid–Aging?
Life Balance As a life balance teacher, I speak, teach, write and coach around how to come into balance on all levels (not just around work and life). And I believe one of the areas we still need to do a lot of balancing around is in how we view aging. I…
What Does Self-Care Mean to You? (…and our winner!)
Self-Care We received more than 300 entries into the Year-of-Self-Care Retreat Giveaway and as I sat reading these moving, inspiring, wise, sometimes funny and very real
shares--in response to "What Does Self-Care Mean to Me?"-- what touched me deeply…
Year-of-Self-Care Retreat Giveaway
Self-Care Many of my major life shifts came while I was on a retreat. Whether it was spending eight hours alone at a friend's house unplugged, surrounded by my sketchpad, colored pencils and Wisdom cards, circling up to dialogue with men and women…
Perspective
Self-Care Last Saturday while I was at Esalen--a beautiful, legendary 40 year-old retreat center in stunning Big Sur, CA--leading a women’s retreat, I participated in a writing exercise that I assigned to the women in my group. As I lay on my belly…
Why Do I Lead Retreats?
Self-Care Driving back from a yoga class this morning, Stephen Cope’s quote flitted across my mind: “Retreats don’t change our lives as much as they change where we stand in relationship to our lives—and our capacity to see the hidden possibilities…
Do You Need to Reset?
Self-Care In the mid-seventies--as part of a radical move to simplify their lives--my parents hauled my four brothers and I from bustling San Antonio, TX to a remote area of Northern California. We lived in the majestic Sierra Nevada Mountains near…
How’s Your Heart?
Self-Care Friday, March 30th was the 12 year anniversary of my mother’s death. I’ve lost three family members prematurely and these anniversaries always affect me--even if I don’t remember the dates until after the fact. My healthy and active…