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…
life balance

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…
life balance

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…

Maybe everything is just perfect?

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For the past two weeks I've been waking up at 4:59 a.m.  My fall is really full and my mind has been running wild about all my perceived problems: creating an ideal support team for my business, finishing my new web site, addressing my…

My month in the mountains: lessons on being human

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I just returned from a month-long writing sabbatical in Brevard, NC, a journey I’ve made for the last three summers.  Although the month was more of a lesson in being with what is (what a roller coaster June was!), I am always grateful for…

Are you having a growth spurt?

Recently I watched the Ant-Man and the Wasp movie with my husband and son (always a huge feat to find something the three of us will like!). The primary antagonist, Ava Starr can phase through solid matter as a result of a childhood accident involving radiation from the “Quantum Realm” that caused her individual cells to constantly separate and reunite. She repeatedly phases in and out of reality, a condition that causes her constant, excruciating pain.
radical self-care

7 ways to practice radical self-care

Last month I received some news that was quite painful. But in the week that followed, my thoughts around what had occurred were downright tortuous. Until, in a Nia dance class, I heard my Wise Self say loud and clear, “Renee, don’t create more pain for yourself than is necessary.”  This stopped me in my tracks. It helped me to realize my role in what was happening.
Pointing Finger

Is your life trying to tell you something?

At my last UNLEASHED ATX  workshop in Austin, I was visiting with two long-time entrepreneurs who both shared they were getting signs it was time to let their business go so they could harness and redirect their energy towards “what’s next.” But, easier said than done. Both have spent years and a good chunk of change investing in their brands and felt torn around the idea of quitting, even if they knew it was the right thing to do (check out this great NPR podcast on the upside of quitting).
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