5 reasons I take retreats

“Are you listening to your life--what is it trying to tell you?”  Renee Trudeau Stephen Cope, MSW, author and director of Kripalu’s Institute for Extraordinary Living says retreats don’t change our lives as much as they change…

Is your self-care superficial?

True replenishment comes from the inside-out. The following is an edited excerpt from my good friend Lisa Grace Byrne’s new book, Replenish: Experience Radiant Calm and True Vitality in Your Everyday Life.  After Lisa was inspired…

Do less, experience more

There are three kinds of people in the world: those whose self-worth rests entirely on “doing”; those who can’t relax and play until they’ve “done their work” (the good old Puritan work ethic); and those who can relax and play…

Do you ever abandon yourself?

My primary work involves speaking to men and women at companies/organizations about work/life effectiveness and how to release stress, but a few times a year I get to lead retreats for women. Last spring while facilitating one of these self-care…

On being compassionate (with yourself)

The quote I chose for my mom's funeral service program when she passed in 2000, was "The fruit of love is service, which is compassion in action." Mother Teresa My mom's ability to feel empathy, acceptance and deep compassion for those…

How self-care transformed my life

In 2002, when my son was six months old, I felt a strong but persistent tap on my shoulder to gather women and together explore the age-old question, ”How do we nurture our children … and stay true to our own needs and desires?” So,…

A special invitation from Renee (and Jen)

(A guest post from my dear friend Jen Lemen: visionary, big heart, humanitarian, artist and award-winning, e-learning pioneer. Jen’s dreams have carried her across continents and back to her artist studio in Maryland where she generates…

How I plan to simplify my life

I don't think I'm cut out for modern living. Lately, things just seem like they're moving too fast: too many options, too much juggling, too many demands, too many  (perceived) have to's and too much traffic (I just found out Austin is…

Technology: are you master or slave?

Is technology bringing your family closer together or driving you farther apart? As I look at how I can spend even less time online this fall, I'm hearing I'm not the only one examining this topic. Every family I know navigates the technology…

3 types of stress

On a scale of 1-10, most days, how stressed are you? If you asked your partner (and kids) the same question, what would their number be? My son and I just returned from visiting my brother and his family in Celo, North Carolina, a small…

How to have the summer you desire

"It's summertime and the living is easy ..."  Or maybe it's not. Last weekend I led a retreat at Kripalu Yoga & Wellness Center for 65 women. During our Saturday break, I attended a dance class and the instructor opened with these…

Are you living your life (or someone else’s)?

"It is 1976, and my 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 on fifty…
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