Who do you want to “be” when you’re 80?

When all your desires are distilled you will cast just two votes: to love more and be happy. Hafiz Years ago, my husband, son, and I visited some old family friends —and native Irish speakers — who live in a fishing village outside…

Why I unplugged on my busiest day ever

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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

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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)

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My 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…

7 ways to live inside-out

Last week my husband I were at a dinner party with several other couples. Henry and Amy were lamenting about how much their lives had changed since our potluck dinner the month before. “Just a few weeks ago I was seriously contemplating…

10 gifts I’ve uncovered while living in the unknown

Are you moving through a career, relationship or health crisis or challenge?  Are you in transition and asking "What's next?" Do things seem particularly intense for you right now? For many of us it feels as if we’re headed into a brave,…
women's retreats

Do You Live Intentionally?

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I believe that one of the most powerful ways to live purposefully and stay connected to what matters most is to live intentionally. Do you ever wonder how all the day-to-day choices you make, big and small, add up and affect your family, career…

My 4 must-ask questions for 2015

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I love the time before and around New Year's Day. As a coach/speaker/author who has spent almost 30 years studying, writing and teaching in the area of human potential, this window of time--ripe with possibility and potential--always excites…

5 ways to find spiritual renewal this holiday

It’s Christmas Eve, 1976. Gregorian chants are playing in the background and my mom and dad are sitting quietly with their eyes closed, hands resting upward — thumb and index finger touching — while my younger siblings crawl on their…

What are you missing?

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In the next three weeks, I will be managing an extra full plate at work: multiple speaking engagements, leading a retreat, finishing a new telecourse and more.  And as I look at my schedule--all things I truly love to do and that feed me--at…
mindfulness

Permission granted to slow down

Ever since my son and I got back from our month off the grid in Western North Carolina--read What the Mountains Taught Me--I've been thinking about how speeded up we have all become: plowing through inhumane to-do lists, agreeing to crazy…

What the mountains taught me

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The world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains, rivers and cities; but to know someone who thinks and feels with us and who, though distant, is close to us in spirit, this makes the earth for us an inhabited garden.― Johann Wolfgang…
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