life balance

Are you honoring your journey?

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Last week in the middle of my NIA class, I looked at myself in the mirror and thought, "Wow, you've aged, you really look tired." I was tired. Not "I didn't get a good night's sleep tired," but tired from the emotionally intense rollercoaster…
life balance

Are you honoring your journey?

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Last week in the middle of my NIA class, I looked at myself in the mirror and thought, "Wow, you've aged, you really look tired." I was tired. Not "I didn't get a good night's sleep tired," but tired from the emotionally intense rollercoaster…
life balance

How do you want to BE in 2019?

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2018 was emotionally intense for me and most of my family, friends and clients, but one thing that helped me get through this period was my quality for the year: KINDNESS (read more). I don’t have to tell you that most New Year’s resolutions…
mindfulness

Hello darkness, my old friend

While I love celebrating Christmas as a season of light and time of spiritual renewal, often the days before and after this sacred holiday can be a bit dark for me. Between the cold, grey weather, honoring my deceased mother's birthday on…
mindfulness

5 ways to find rest & renewal this holiday

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Yesterday I spent an hour with my December calendar--not penciling things in, but cancelling pending events and making choices that supported a more open, spacious, restorative winter schedule. Does the thought of hanging lights and attending…
mindfulness

Do you approach life with a sense of urgency?

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I am coming off a full fall speaking schedule, an eight-day trip to the east coast to visit family and colleges and a travel-induced cold. As I look at what needs to be done this week at work, I can feel my heart and mind start to speed up.…
meditation

Meditation saves me from myself

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"I'm sorry. For everything. Can you forgive me?" This was the text I sent to a beloved Sunday night coming off of a two-day silent meditation retreat with Adyashanti. Meditation always brings me to new understandings. Sometimes to supreme…
saying no

How to say "no" and why it's so crucial

I woke up Saturday morning and could feel my breath was short and shallow and my chest was tight and constricted. My plate was too full--professionally and personally. Some things had to go. I was born with a lot of energy, and one of my…

3 ways to cultivate an attitude of gratitude

Growing up, our overachiever family placed a high value on competency. Often that translated into a critical mindset toward self and others, where we frequently saw the bad before the good. This way of being, like all patterns, became habitual…
mindfulness

Are you comfortable living with polarities?

“Nothing is either good or bad but thinking makes it so.” ~Shakespeare Around the globe, many of us are experiencing deep frustration and despair right now. Others are expanding joyfully into new ways of being and seeing. And most…
living intentionally

Do you have a foot in two worlds?

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Last weekend my teenager, husband and I all wanted to see a movie. This is always tricky, but our compromise Ant-Man and the Wasp worked, and I even enjoyed it! In the movie, the primary antagonist, Ava Starr (above), can phase…
living intentionally

What we miss by "holding it together"

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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 over the…
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