
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…

7 ways to live inside-out
Mindfulness
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
Mindfulness
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,…

Do You Live Intentionally?
Mindfulness, Self-CareI 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
Mindfulness, Self-Care
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
Mindfulness
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?
Mindfulness, Self-Care
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…

Permission granted to slow down
Mindfulness
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
Mindfulness, Work Life Balance
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…

8 tips for a mindful vacation
Mindfulness
I was visiting with a good friend last week who was feeling exhausted, frustrated and saddened that her recent family vacation was not what she had intended. "We crammed too much in, checked our work email too often and didn't build in…

Is it time to unplug?
Mindfulness
I just returned from leading a self-renewal retreat at Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health on the east coast for an amazing group of women from all over North America. I was away from the office for a total of five days ... unplugged.…

Slower is better
Mindfulness
Last week I attended a meditation workshop with my teacher Dr. Richard Miller. Taking three hours off in the middle of a Tuesday afternoon to learn more about the benefits of meditation and how to bring this into my daily life felt a bit…