Do less, experience more

Recently, our family was invited to visit friends for the weekend at their cabin on the river, an hour’s drive from our house. The night before we were going to leave, my husband and I were frantically creating lists of all the things…

9 self-care practices I can’t live without

I just returned from a family graduation celebration in Philadelphia. We indulged. It was a gastronomic whirlwind: divine Greek dishes, sublime Italian gelato and delicious Saag Paneer with a heaping side of poor sleep. When I get off my…

Year-of-Self-Care Mother’s Day Giveaway

Self-care—the art of attuning and responding to your needs and desires—is a moment to moment process. It’s not about adding something to your to-do list; it’s about cultivating a new way of being. Renee Trudeau I remember the…

What does self-care mean to you?

I just returned from leading a self-renewal retreat for women at a new retreat center in the Midwest. The beautiful women I gathered with from Iowa, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas and Missouri were all at different life stages but shared…

Being with what is

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I'm having a really difficult time right now "Being with what is." My son continues to eat foods he's intolerant to that make him crazy irritable (welcome to middle school), my beloved after 20 years, is still not the handy-man I wish he…

Think you’re authentic?

This past weekend I attended an annual celebration and awards banquet for a wonderful national women’s organization I’ve been actively involved with for more than 25 years. In many ways this tribe raised me during the first 15 years…

Breaking free, making hard choices

It is 1976, and my physician dad has left his booming medical practice in San Antonio. We have abandoned our comfortable, sprawling ranch-style home on two acres and have moved into a twelve-hundred-square-foot home with a wood-burning stove…

Give yourself a break

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Growing up I was often inspired by my parent's generosity towards those less fortunate. They would write checks to causes, donate household items, handout food to the homeless, sponsor foster kids to attend community events and encourage…

9 ways to own your power

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One of our career coaching clients, Alicia, had a rough week. After she received a disconcerting email from a new business partner—it became very clear they were speaking different languages and not on the same page. She paused and…

7 reasons to practice self-care

This past week I connected with several medical professionals and we discussed the concept of self-care. Like many in healthcare, they see self-care as something you “should do” for your physical health (exercise, eat well, get enough…

The life I desire (version 2.0)

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One morning when my son was in preschool, my cup was feeling really full and in a moment of supreme clarity, I sat down and wrote the following (this is from the beginning of Ch. 2 on self-care in my book Nurturing the Soul of Your Family:…

5 days unplugged=whole new perspective

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Last week I took a five day writing sabbatical (read more). I was holed up at home and ended up getting a cold, but the week was illuminating nonetheless. Being unplugged for five days helped me see with absolute clarity what was working--and…
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