
Abundance Muffins
Mindfulness
“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
Mindfulness
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!!
Mindfulness
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
Mindfulness
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
MindfulnessIn 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!
Mindfulness 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
Mindfulness, Self-Care
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…

Don’t Be Afraid of Your Shadow
MindfulnessTraditionally the days before my Jan. 7th birthday are often the darkest days of the year for me. I often get sick—which is rare—and any anxieties, worries or fears that might have been buried over the past year, surface like long forgotten…

Going Inward (or Outward)?
Mindfulness
I feel like the "push me pull you" animal from Dr. Doolittle's world today.
I have a deep desire to be introspective, reflective and go inward today as I review 2009, think about what I learned over the past year and begin to open up to 2010…

What’s Your Mantra?
MindfulnessA couple of week ago I was coaching two entrepreneurs in my office, one after the other, around issues related to owning their power, growing their business and experiencing more balance in their lives. (I do very little one-on-one coaching…

Running From Myself
MindfulnessWhat if you embarked on a long, arduous journey that led you the top of a mountain where a wise, sage sat waiting to deliver to you the one piece of knowledge that would allow you to fulfill all of your wildest dreams?
And, after you received…

Intuition
MindfulnessThis past weekend, my son, husband and I climbed the beautiful, majestic granite Enchanted Rock in the Texas Hill Country.
After climbing to the top, we chose to descend down the isolated west side of the rock—which is not on the map and…