Your Stillpoint
Work Life BalanceLast week, over the course of several days, we received a handful of emails and phone calls from entrepreneur clients and colleagues sharing the news that their start-up businesses were not where they needed to be financially at year-end and…
Overwhelm
Life BalanceI define life balance as having enough time, energy and resources for those things that are most important to me. So is feeling overwhelmed—the suitor currently knocking on my door asking for a dance-- what happens when this is not the case? I’m…
We’re All Connected
Women's Empowerment“We have flown the air like birds and swum the sea like fishes, but have yet to learn the simple act of walking the earth like brothers.” - Martin Luther King, Jr. Growing up with my six siblings, the phrase we often heard from my mom as…
Honoring Your Rhythms
Self-Care This was an incredibly full weekend (I helped promote and led a workshop for a wonderful girls empowerment conference, supported artist friends at a community event, attended our annual school fund raiser and had the honor of hosting a 50th…
Putting Things In Perspective
Self-CareWe just returned from a quick weekend trip to the Davis Mountains in West Texas with some good friends. Why drive 6.5 hours to this mile-high city out in the middle of nowhere? My family and I go to envelop ourselves in one of the darkest…
What Would Your Wise Self Say?
Life Balance I am the oldest of seven children and at the ripe old age of 44, the matriarch of our family. (My parents died suddenly in their fifties, all our grandparents have passed and we have no living aunts or uncles.) Out of the six of us who are…
Stress=Living in the Future
Life BalanceYears 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. He used…
Are You “In Integrity” with Yourself?
Self-CareIf a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away. Henry David Thoreau Recently I attended a wellness conference with…
Are You Connected to Your Needs?
Self-CareThis morning as I drove my seven-year old son to school, I mused out loud “Should I go to Yoga or Nia this morning?” I love both, but was juggling a really full day with a lot of deadlines, so I was pondering which might support a more flowing…
Radical Self-Care
Self-CareAre you willing to p*** people off in order to take care of yourself? I just returned from our amazing Fall Self-Renewal Retreat at The Crossings with twenty wonderful women from around the U.S. (Look for more to come on our April 2010 retreat.)…
Support
Women's EmpowermentThis past week I attended an Ashtanga yoga class with a new teacher (yep, that’s the sweaty, rhythmic style of yoga). I loved his approach. He was supportive and really encouraged students to ask questions and reach out for help. And, he…
What’s Your Mantra?
MindfulnessA couple of week ago I was coaching two entrepreneurs in my office, one after the other, around issues related to owning their power, growing their business and experiencing more balance in their lives. (I do very little one-on-one coaching…