Blog - Page 28 of 69 - Renee Trudeau

THE most important question to ask yourself (+ video)

Growing up as the oldest of seven children in a chaotic, creative, often-stressful environment (five boys, two girls), I don’t ever remember anyone asking me, “Renee, what do you need today?” My recollection is I floated through my days…

5 ways to practice spiritual self-care

Self-Care, Women's Retreats

It’s 1976, and my mom and dad are sitting quietly with their eyes closed, hands resting upward—thumb and index finger touching—while my younger siblings crawl on their backs and shoulders. My older two brothers and I sit nearby, holding…

Are you comfortable living with polarities?

Mindfulness

“Nothing is either good or bad but thinking makes it so.” ~Shakespeare Around the globe, many of us are experiencing deep frustration and despair right now. Others are expanding joyfully into new ways of being and seeing. And most…

The one thing we need (but often don’t value)

Life & Career Coaching

I just returned from delivering keynote addresses at several women's leadership events. My topic, Finding Balance in a 24/7 World: The Art & Science of Self-Renewal, was well received and the audiences loved practicing my four strategies…

Do you have a foot in two worlds?

Mindfulness, Women's Retreats

Last weekend my teenager, husband and I all wanted to see a movie. This is always tricky, but our compromise Ant-Man and the Wasp worked, and I even enjoyed it! In the movie, the primary antagonist, Ava Starr (above), can phase…

What we miss by “holding it together”

Mindfulness, Self-Care

I’m the oldest of seven, the product of overachievers, a hyper-competent “woman who always has the answers and knows where she’s going." My friends and family see me as the go-to girl who always seems to have it together. But over the…

7 self-care rituals I can’t live without

Self-Care, Women's Retreats

The last two weeks have been a series of rapid transitions. My 16-year-old starts 11th grade this week, I'm preparing to launch into a full fall speaking schedule, and my husband, son and I have been traveling off and on since June 5th (from…

Change your environment, change your thoughts

Life & Career Coaching, Women's Retreats

There’s just one way to radically change your behavior: radically change your environment.—Dr. B.J. Fogg, Director of the Stanford Behavior Design Lab I just returned from four weeks in Western North Carolina. It wasn’t so much a vacation…

What is your life trying to tell you?

Life & Career Coaching

While leading a life-mapping workshop for seasoned small business owners, I was visiting with two long-time entrepreneurs who both shared they were getting signs it was time to let their business go. They were ready to harness and redirect their…

Quiet

Mindfulness

I'm at the tail end of a month-long writing sabbatical working on a new creative project. I've been in Western North Carolina (WNC) in the cool, misty Blue Ridge Mountains, an area that calls to my very essence. Known as the Appalachian temperate…

3 things I remember when I’m in transition

Life & Career Coaching, Women's Retreats

Tran·si·tion. tranˈziSH(ə)n,tranˈsiSH(ə)n/. noun 1. the process or a period of changing from one state of being or condition to another I reconnected with some friends over the weekend and it seems just about everyone I…

Do less … so you can experience more

Work Life Balance

I'm noticing that many mornings--even after a good night's sleep--I'm waking up feeling exhausted. My take is that with all the chaos, uncertainty and unrest we're facing both near and far -- many of us are not getting the deep, nourishing rest…