5 things I learned about myself in 2013

There's something magical about this window of time as one year ends and another is about to begin. It's a pregnant pause: ripe with possibility and potential. To me, it feels especially so this year. Yesterday I challenged our 6th…

Meditation saves me … from myself

I woke up this morning exhausted. Triggered. And I could feel my negative thoughts lining up like little toy soldiers ready to go to battle. After a weekend of push-back from my rapidly maturing adolescent, I felt like I'd just left an…

On being anxious (and how to remove cat hairs)

The summer before 6th grade, my parents moved me and my four brothers across the country--away from my best friends Ann, Karen and Laura--to an alternative school on a yoga commune in the Sierra Nevada mountains of CA (this was part…

Are you happy with the “status quo?”

  We just got back from a family vacation on the WA Olympic Peninsula (stunning, one of our favorite trips). This nature immersion was just what we needed. Now, I'm looking forward to a new school year and a fresh start for our…

Bring on the Magic!!

Every year in January since I was about 30, I have created a vision board--basically a visual snapshot of what you want to experience in your life (athletes and top entertainers do this all the time to help them focus on and meet their goals).…

Abundance Muffins

“Abundance is not something we acquire. It is something we tune into.” ~ Wayne Dyer Last Friday I gathered with some colleagues for an afternoon personal planning retreat. As everyone was arriving, my friend Susan walked in the door and…

Serving Up Self-Compassion

Yesterday I felt like I was swimming through mud. I was feeling judgmental and self-critical and everywhere I turned, all I could see were barriers and road blocks. During my morning meditation (the one thing that usually always cleans my…

Sippy Cups for Everyone!!

I’m moving across the floor inNia 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…

Gifts from 2011

As we move into 2012, I find myself feeling more quiet and at ease than I have in many years past. While there are many wonderful things coming to fruition around my work, more than anything, I'm just content with being with what is. And…

A Different Way

In fall 2008 I was nuts. Launching my first book, coordinating our global Personal Renewal Group program and running two coaching/consulting businesses was eating my lunch. I felt like I was in the middle of a tug of war (with each of my businesses…

Meet Me on the Mountain Top!

Early last week, after our son went to school, my husband and I took an early morning walk together. This doesn’t happen often. Like most families, the mornings are usually very full. But we feel certain my husband will be working again…

Digesting

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di•ges•tion (di jes′c̸hən, dī-); noun; the absorption of ideas. I recently listened to a radio interview with acclaimed historian Doris Kearns Goodwin, author of Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln. She said that…
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