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What determines YOUR happiness?

“The primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation, but your thoughts about it.” ― Eckhart Tolle, A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose Last week my teen son and I were getting along smashingly. He was affectionate,…

Beware of a sense of urgency

When I was thirty and working as a media relations director, my therapist -- a wise soul who coached me on stress management and how to understand the connection between my thoughts and my mood-- stopped me dead in my tracks one day with…
seeking life balance

Why being out of balance can be a good thing

This week I'm observing my 14 year-old ninth grader attempt to navigate increased academic, sports, extracurricular and social demands (and doing all I can to stay hands-off), and I'm reminded of a time in my late twenties when the idea…
stress management tools

6 things to do when life feels tough

I was visiting with a dear friend this past weekend who shared she’s battling depression. “It comes and it goes. But when it returns, I often freeze and forget what helps me most; all my great self-care practices fly right out the window,”…

3 (surprising) reasons I keep doing yoga

This weekend I was on the massage table when out of the blue my therapist asked, "What do you do to heal when someone close to you dies?" I thought for a moment--having experienced a lot of loss in my family--and answered, "I do yoga." I…
stress management

7 back-to-school strategies to promote less stress & more flow

It’s 1976. I’m in fifth grade and standing by our front door with my red plaid backpack. My eyes scanning, I watch my four younger brothers dart from room to room. My stomach is in knots. It’s 7:45 a.m. We should have left fifteen…

How do you abandon yourself?

Recently while facilitating a women's retreat at Esalen, I shared my definition of self-care with the group: the art of attuning and responding to your needs and desires moment to moment. And then I asked the circle, "Do you feel safe with…
work-life balance

Can you go with the flow?

“Water is fluid, soft, and yielding. But water will wear away rock, which is rigid and cannot yield. As a rule, whatever is fluid, soft, and yielding will overcome whatever is rigid and hard. This is another paradox: what is soft is strong.”…
personal renewal groups

Unleashing the power of sisterhood

“We are not held back by the love we didn't receive in the past, but by the love we're not extending in the present.”  ― Marianne Williamson I recently spoke at a girls empowerment conference to a group of three hundred ten to thirteen-year-olds.…

Do less, experience more

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…
meditation

Why meditation is good self-care

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My sleep has been very erratic this month. While I'm practicing self-compassion (I'm navigating a lot of hormonal shifts like many my age), I believe the primary cause of my sleepless nights is due to an overly-busy mind. This wake-up call…

Finding peace through being with what is

As I along with the rest of the US have attempted to digest all of the crises and atrocities we've been observing, I have found myself vacillating between wanting to run out and take action and withdrawing from overwhelm to return to the …
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