Balance from the Inside-Out
September has always been like the start of the New Year for me.
I have launched businesses, started new jobs, rolled out new business models, embarked on back-to-back speaking sprints and unveiled new creative…
Balance from the Inside-Out
Work Life Balance
September has always been like the start of the New Year for me.
I have launched businesses, started new jobs, rolled out new business models, embarked on back-to-back speaking sprints and unveiled new creative endeavors around this time…
Choices
Life BalanceI often hear my coaching clients say they don’t have a choice. What they really mean is they’re not ready to make a hard choice—downsizing to a more affordable home, leaving a financially comfortable job, ending an unhealthy relationship,…
Running From Myself
MindfulnessWhat if you embarked on a long, arduous journey that led you the top of a mountain where a wise, sage sat waiting to deliver to you the one piece of knowledge that would allow you to fulfill all of your wildest dreams?
And, after you received…
Flow
Life Balance“I often joke with my audiences that I make most of my income on a ski pole. People smile but they get my point. You need to make time for your genius to flow. We get our creative bursts, those idea torrents that take our business and personal…
The Unknown
Self-CareI recently returned from a week-long Shakti Sadhana Women’s Yoga Retreat (dancing with amazing powerful women like Shiva Rea and Wah) at Kripalu, a beautiful retreat center in the Berkshires in upstate MA.
The experience was transformative…
Play
Life BalanceOne of my favorite songs when I was a kid was The Marvelous Toy by Peter, Paul and Mary (the album Peter, Paul and Mommy was constanly playing in our house when I was growing up in the early seventies).
I loved the feeling of wonder and joy…
Thank You Jonah
Self-CareMy husband and I are taking a seven-week parenting class right now.
Most of us weren’t “born” to know how to consciously parent and many of us didn’t have healthy models for how to be in relationship, so getting support on how to do…
Another Serving of Self-Care, Please
Self-CareI’m a bad sick person.
I am rarely sick, I have a naturally high energy level and am used to enjoying good health, so when I do get sick, I tend to fight it.
Finally after several days of feeling crappy last week (a virus from my son), I…
What We Crave: Community & Connection
Women's EmpowermentRecently after speaking at a large women’s conference on the topic of life balance and living life from the inside-out, I was approached by a woman in her late thirties, her eyes were filled with tears.
She shared that while sitting in the…
Summer of …..?
Self-CareI attended a beautiful intimate dinner on Friday evening hosted by a dear friend/mentor/sister. The theme of the gathering: nourishment.
She invited a few close friends who deeply nurtured and nourished her to her gorgeous Mexico-inspired,…
Let Go
Self-CareThe person closest to me in the world had their performance review last week.
He mentioned about two weeks ago that he wanted some coaching to prepare for this (this is something I get paid big bucks to do for others on a regular basis and…