Claim the summer you desire (+ tips for saying no)
Life Balance, Mindfulness
I love summer and can't wait to dive into an exciting new creative project. What's your intention for this summer?
Do you plan to slow down and enjoy expanses of unscheduled time with your family? Is there a work or creative project…
Mother’s Day Self-Renewal Retreat Giveaway
Life Balance
We're celebrating Mother's Day 2018 with a special Self-Renewal Retreat Package to support you in nurturing your body, mind, heart and soul~ featuring "Renee's Favorite Things."
Total value: $1100. The package includes:
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Why “pausing” is key to finding balance
Life Balance
This month I have been managing so many moving pieces -- training new team members, booking new speaking gigs and workshops, setting up new office systems and vetting new partnerships--that I have found it hard just to hear myself think.…
Do you force or allow things to happen?
Life Balance, Work Life Balance“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.” ―…
7 reasons to start asking for help
Life Balance
My husband and I have been navigating some bumpy parenting terrain and I know we're not alone. While at times things can feel really tough, I find tremendous comfort from knowing we have a strong support network in place that we can turn to…
Five ways to support balance & flow this school year
Life BalanceRecently we were shopping for school supplies with my fifteen-year-old and talking about whether he’ll be able to work as a lifeguard all year, what sports he'll participate in this fall and if he wants to continue playing in the high school…
Ask yourself THIS before summer slips away
Life Balance, MindfulnessMy son starts his sophomore year of high school in two weeks and I feel like the last day of school was yesterday.
If I had to choose a few words to describe our family's summer, I'd say productive, fruitful and filled with growth and challenges.…
When we feel it, we heal it
Life Balance, MindfulnessHow 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 these…
Set a summer intention (+ 9 ways to say no)
Life Balance
What's your intention for this summer?
Do you plan to slow down and enjoy expanses of unscheduled time with your family? Is there a work or creative project you want to complete by early September? Do you desire to reconnect with…
Are you in transition, too?
Life Balance, MindfulnessTran·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 got to connect with some dear friends over the holiday weekend and it seems just about…
Learning to Go with the Flow
Life Balance, Mindfulness
"Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them - that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like." – Lao Tzu
In 2016 I created an initiative to support…
What is your life trying to tell you?
Life Balance
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."…