
How Do You Slow Down (when everything is sped up)?
Mindfulness“Something wonderful begins to happen with the simple realization that life, like an automobile, is driven from the inside out, not the other way around. As you focus more on becoming more peaceful with where you are, rather than focusing…

(Video) Can You Be With What Is?
Mindfulness, Newsletter
I sent my husband to the farmer's market last Saturday to get arugula, kale, spinach and lettuce. He came home with a hard-skinned, oblong Japanese squash.
Maybe this year is not going quite as you had planned? This past week I heard…

5 Ways to Find Rest & Renewal This Week
Mindfulness, Newsletter
Last week I spent an hour with my calendar--not penciling things in, but revisiting pending events and making intentional choices that support a more open, spacious, restorative winter schedule.
Does the thought of returning presents and attending…

8 Ways To Embrace Your Shadow
Mindfulness, NewsletterWhile I love celebrating Christmas as a season of light and time of spiritual renewal, sometimes 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 Dec. 20th…

What Wakes You Up (+ a message from my Dad)?
Mindfulness, NewsletterMy father--a brilliant, eccentric, adventurous, life-loving physician and ardent student of philosophy--died suddenly of a heart attack at age 56 (my current age). He crossed over on Dec. 3rd leaving six children. "Don't die with your music…

Want to Feel Good? Get Grateful!
Mindfulness, NewsletterGrowing 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…

(Video) Are You Taking Time to Pause?
Mindfulness, NewsletterThis month I have been managing so many moving pieces -- working on our new web site, training new team members, booking new speaking engagements and workshops, vetting new partnerships--that I have found it hard just to hear myself think.

(Video) Many Things Are True at Once
Mindfulness, NewsletterThis month I have been managing so many moving pieces -- working on our new web site, training new team members, booking new speaking engagements and workshops, vetting new partnerships--that I have found it hard just to hear myself think.

Could Meditation Be Your Sanity Saver? 5 Ways to Begin
Mindfulness, NewsletterI feel edgy, unsettled and a bit anxious. Between navigating several big life transitions, a move to a new home and some unexpected changes in my business--I’m not feeling too grounded. So rather than slide into my typical MO of over-doing,…

(Video) Do You Push or Allow Things to Happen?
Mindfulness, Newsletter“Water is fluid, soft, and yielding. But water will wear away rock, which is rigid and cannot yield. As a rule, whatever is fluid, soft, and yielding will overcome whatever is rigid and hard. This is a paradox: what is soft is strong.”―…

(Video) How Can I Calm My Mind?
Mindfulness, Newsletter"I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet." Mahatma Gandhi
Recently I had an ah-hah about my body, mind and nervous system and how a new unhealthy habit was affecting my sleep, ability to release worry and stress,…

7 Reasons to Choose Love Over Fear
Mindfulness, Newsletter, Self-CareI remember a few years ago showing up at my local polling place to vote and seeing a long line wrap around the building. The anxiety in and around the voting space was thick and palpable. After ten minutes of waiting, I almost turned around…