Why I unplugged on my busiest day ever
Life Balance, Mindfulness Last Monday morning I returned to mountains of work having been off for a week with my family for spring break (when we go on vacation we generally go "off the grid"). In addition to hundreds of emails, phone messages and requests for my…
Finding balance in a 24/7 world
Life Balance, Mindfulness Growing up with a parent who suffered from clinical depression and navigating a heaping dose of dysfunction, stress, anxiety and "not feeling enough" the first thirty years of my life, left me highly motivated to want to FEEL GOOD. The…
7 reasons to ask for help (& support for getting started)
Life Balance, MindfulnessMy husband and I have been navigating some bumpy parenting terrain; unfortunately 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…
Simplifying from the inside-out
Life Balance, Work Life Balance I remember one 4th of July weekend when my husband and I gathered a small group of friends for a “Freedom Fest." No fireworks, hot dogs, or Tchaikovsky. Instead, we had a potluck and asked each guest to bring one thing that “I want to…
Holding it together is overrated
Life Balance I’m known as the oldest of seven, the product of overachievers, a hyper-competent “woman who always has answers and knows where she’s going,” the go-to girl–the one who always seems have it together. And as I move deeper into…
Do you live intentionally, or haphazardly?
Life Balance, Work Life Balance "A strong intention can make 'two oceans wide' be the size of a blanket or 'seven hundred years' the time it takes to walk to someone you love." Rumi Do you ever wonder how all the day-to-day choices you make, big and small, affect your…
Feeling=healing: 4 ways to begin
Life Balance This is the time of year that many of us who have lost loved ones can feel particularly tender. Both of my parents and my brother died between 1992-2000. The anniversaries of their passing and the holidays--when the absence of their physical…
Messy isn’t a bad thing
Life Balance I’m the oldest of seven children, five boys and two girls. Growing up with four hyper-active brothers (the boy/girl twins arrived on the scene when I was 14), our home was constant chaos. Slingshots firing, mad games of indoor tag, impromptu…
Are you embracing the feminine?
Life Balance As a life balance coach/author, I speak, teach, write and facilitate experiences to support people in coming into greater balance on all levels, including: being and doing, thinking and feeling, giving and receiving, working and playing…
When in doubt, do nothing
Life Balance When I was in junior high and high school and my mom was driving me crazy, one of the ways we could find connection was through shopping for clothes. I remember many times standing with her in a boutique or big box department store contemplating…
My 7 Favorite Birthday Presents
Life Balance January is not my favorite month. I don't like the cold, I love and need lots of sunshine and my birthday--January 7--often brings with it an array of emotions, which often include sadness around not having my mom and dad around to tell me…
People First, Things Second
Life Balance As a life balance teacher, I'm always questioning how I can help myself and others come into greater equilibrium--not just around work and life, but around feeling and thinking, being and doing, and giving and receiving. Yesterday morning…