life-balance

Permission Granted to Do Less

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Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you. -Author Anne Lamott I'm hearing from clients and friends around the country that they are having trouble focusing and feeling productive. Most share they…

Get Real. How Well Do You Know Yourself?

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Recently I got a call from an old career coaching client. Her company had presented her with a yet-to-be flushed out dream opportunity, but she was so hyper-focused on finalizing details of the job description, she was missing the bigger picture:…
flow, life balance

If it Doesn’t Flow, Let it Go!

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The other day, my husband and I met with our builder about a new construction project we've been working on for two years. It appeared to us that things were not lining up to support our dream and we asked to pause, meet and have a heart-to-heart…
life balance

(Video) Where Is Your Energy Going?

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This month I have been managing so many moving pieces -- working on our new web site, training new team members, booking new speaking engagements and workshops, vetting new partnerships--that I have found it hard just to hear myself think.
mindfulness

We Have to Feel It to Heal It

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How comfortable are you "feeling uncomfortable feelings?" During my 20's and 30's I experienced my parent's divorce, my brother's suicide, and the death of my mother and father.  All of the pain, sadness, betrayal, anger and abandonment…
stress management

Living in the future = recipe for stress

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Years ago I was in a workshop with Richard Carlson, a gifted psychologist, 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. Richard talked…
stress management

If it Doesn’t Flow, Can You Let it Go?

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As a communications director, throughout my twenties and thirties, I pushed myself hard. After securing a documentary special for a client on NOVA, I barely stopped to breathe before I was pitching their story to National Geographic. When it…
mindfulness

10 gifts I’ve uncovered while living in the unknown

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Are you moving through a career change,  health crisis or relationship challenge?  Are you in a big life transition and asking "What's next?"  Or, perhaps you're in a place of re-imagining your life?  It feels as if we’re headed into a…
stress management

If it doesn’t flow, let it go

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As a communications director, throughout my twenties and thirties, I pushed myself hard. After securing media coverage for a client on NOVA, I barely stopped to breathe before I was pitching their story to National Geographic. When it came…

This is the time for RADICAL self-care

I am with you. Take a deep breath. We’re going to be OK. When I lead retreats, I often begin by asking each participant, “What are the calming, self-soothing words you *most need* to hear right now?" Perhaps they…
life balance

Quaran-crazy? 5 questions to foster peace & sanity

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My jazz pianist son is downstairs in the living room (loudly) riffing on a John Coltrane piece while Skyping with his piano teacher, my husband is at the kitchen table on a conference call with his global software development team and I’m…
stress management

Living in the future = recipe for stress

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Years 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. Richard…
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