
Think you’re authentic?
Self-Care
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
Self-Care
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
Self-Care, Women's Retreats
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
Life & Career Coaching, Self-Care
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
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)
Self-Care, Women's Empowerment
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
Self-Care, Work Life Balance
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…

How do you nourish your heart?
Self-Care, Women's Retreats
As a life balance teacher, I’m intrigued by how we can come into more harmony as we navigate work/life, family, relationships, caregiver roles and modern life. Part of enhancing balance is learning to attune to our emotional self-care…

Choosing … to let go
Self-Care
I remember a time my husband asked me to coach him as he prepared for an upcoming performance review. This is something I used to get paid big bucks to do as a sought after career strategist, so I helped him create a document outlining his…

Nature: the ultimate antidepressant
Self-Care
I just returned with my family from the Davis Mountains in West Texas, home to the second darkest night skies in the U.S. We love to go there for the magical starry nights where the milky way can easily be seen without a telescope and for…

Permission granted: 5 ways to find rest this holiday
Self-Care
Does the thought of hanging Christmas lights and attending holiday work parties make you want to grab your sleeping bag and run for the nearest cave? 2013 has been intense for many of us. We felt overscheduled, overworked and we rarely…

10 ways to become comfortable with chaos
Self-Care
Last week I gathered with a small group of friends in my home. They shared they've been feeling a sense of sadness—almost a mourning—that the world as we know it is gone. It feels as if we’re headed into a brave, new frontier and…