How Are You Nurturing Your Heart?
emotional self-care, NewsletterAuthor and self-care expert Renee Trudeau offers a short exercise on ways to feel more grounded.
Many Things Are True At Once
Mindfulness, NewsletterShakespeare said, “Nothing is either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.”
Around the globe, many of us are experiencing deep frustration, pain and despair right now. Others are expanding joyfully into radical new ways of being and seeing.…
(Video) What Does Self-Care Mean to YOU?
Newsletter, Self-CareAuthor and self-care expert Renee Trudeau offers a short video to help create a daily self-care practice.
Do You Have Your Own Back?
Newsletter, support systemThe week before final exams my freshman year in college, my healthy, 44-year-old dad had a massive heart attack. I was devastated. But what saddens me as I look back on that rough time, is that I didn’t reach out for support. Other than sharing…
5 Reasons to Take a Retreat (+ DIY tips)
Newsletter, Spirituality, Women's RetreatsThroughout my twenties and thirties when my chest tightened from overwork and I could feel overwhelm lapping at my door, I would increase my work pace, thinking, “I just need to move faster and get more done.” Much of this stemmed from an…
4 Ways to Practice Self-Compassion
Mindfulness, NewsletterLately, I've been swimming in overwhelm. Occasionally, we all go there. Particularly when we're navigating too many transitions at once (moving/relocating, career/job changes, health challenges, shifts in our financial state, etc.) and our brain…
The Only New Year’s Resolution You’ll Need
Newsletter, Self-CareMy husband and I just finished an exhausting cross-country move from Austin, TX to the mountains of Western, NC. On the last night of the move, we needed some mindless TV and streamed Leave the World Behind, an apocalyptic thriller about cyber…
7 Tips For A More Mindful Holiday Season
Mindfulness, NewsletterLast week, my extended family all hopped on a Zoom call to pause, check-in and share our intentions for this holiday season: what's most important to us during our time together and what we each need right now when it comes to self-care. We…
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…
(Video) Where Are You Finding Spiritual Renewal this Holiday?
Newsletter, Spiritual Renewal, Spiritual Self-careI woke up this morning craving the powerful music of Handel's Messiah. I grew up with a mother who was a gifted classical musician and this piece would permeate our home during the month of December. I listen to the Messiah at high volume and…
(Video) 5 Tips for Finding Rest & Renewal this Holiday
Newsletter, Self-Care"If we're tired we think something is wrong. Nothing is wrong. We're just tired and need rest. Sometimes a lot of it, if we've gone for years vetoing our body's signals. ~ Dr. Claudia Welch
This past weekend I could not get enough naps. I was…
(Video) 4 Ways to Find Balance During December
Newsletter, Work Life Balance"Beware of a sense of urgency," (wise words from a wonderful mindfulness coach I worked with in the 90s) floated across my mind this weekend as I glanced at my December schedule. Looking at everything I need to do in the next 30 days to move…