The Best Investment You Can Make
Mindfulness, Women's Retreats
I just returned from an international women's conference featuring personal development, leadership, life purpose and international women's rights speakers from around the world. From authors Elizabeth Gilbert and Marianne Williamson to…
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…
Shedding the old, making way for the new
Mindfulness
We must be willing to get rid of the life we’ve planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us. The old skin has to be shed before the new one can come. Joseph Campbell
I’m doing a lot of shedding right now. Letting things…
What we miss by “holding it together”
Mindfulness
I’m the oldest of seven, the product of overachievers, a hyper-competent “woman who always has the answers and knows where she’s going." My friends and family see me as the go-to girl who always seems to have it together.
But…
Finding peace through being with what is
Mindfulness
As I along with so many others have attempted to digest all of the crises and atrocities we've been observing around the world, I have found myself vacillating between wanting to run out and take action and withdrawing from overwhelm to return…
Feeling called to take action? Read this first
Mindfulness, Self-Care
I just got back from leading a self-renewal retreat at Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health for 50 women from across the US and Mexico from their 20's to their 70’s; our theme was Embracing the Wild Unknown. I love leading retreats…
Change the way you look at things
Mindfulness, Women's Retreats
I’m moving across the floor in Nia class and finding myself becoming more and more annoyed with the woman dancing in front of me.
The room is packed—it’s a farewell class for one of our dear members who’s moving out of state—yet…
4 questions I’m asking before I leap into 2017
Mindfulness, Self-Care
I love the month of January in many ways. As a coach/speaker/author who has spent almost 30 years studying, writing and teaching in the area of human potential and transformational growth, this window of time--ripe with possibility--always…
7 reasons to choose LOVE over FEAR in 2017
Mindfulness, Women's Retreats
Recently I returned home from an amazing women's retreat (an early birthday present!) feeling euphoric and transformed. My husband and son picked me up from the airport. My teen had just returned from a late-night sleepover so my expectations…
Are you focusing on what you want (or DON’T want)?
Mindfulness
Maya, my client, is wading through some swampy waters with a nonprofit she’s invested a huge amount of time, energy and money in. Active on the board for more than 12 years, she can clearly see all the challenges that the group is facing…
4 ways to practice self-compassion
Mindfulness
When my mother died in 2000, the quote my siblings and I chose for the front of her celebration of life program was, “The fruit of love is service--which is compassion in action.” Mother Teresa
My mom’s ability to feel empathy,…
5 ways to find rest this holiday season
Mindfulness
Does the thought of hanging lights and attending holiday work parties make you want to grab your sleeping bag and run for the nearest cave? This year--and especially this month--have been intense for all of us. Additionally, most of us…