
Can I Be Grateful for What’s Not Going My Way?
Self-Care
Sunday morning I woke up excited and looking forward to attending my good friend’s community potluck and documentary viewing when I discovered the keys to my car were in the glove compartment of my locked car and my husband--who had the…

Where Does Joy Come From?
Self-Care
"Joy springs from within; no one makes you joyous; you choose joyfulness." Unknown
Last Sunday at 11:45 a.m. I was finishing up facilitating a retreat for 55 amazing women at Kripalu Yoga & Wellness Center when my ten year old son--who…

I Choose Love … Again
Self-Care
I vividly remember an afternoon fourteen years ago when I was living in an apartment in central Austin with my husband-to-be, curled up in front of the fireplace reading my dad's old, weathered copy of Return to Love by author/teacher Marianne…

We Need Each Other
Self-Care
"No matter how much we meditate or pray, we still need others to help us dismantle the walls of our isolation and remind us of our belonging." - Tara Brach (Thanks Jen Louden.)
A few weeks ago I led a work-life balance mini retreat for a group…

Sustainability … for Self
Self-Care
The next twelve months will be a time of incredible growth and expansion for me--personally and professionally.
And sensing this, over the weekend, I woke up Sunday morning feeling stress and anxiety course through my body as I anticipated…

Holding it Together is Overrated
Self-Care
I'm the oldest of seven, the product of overachievers, a hyper-competent, perpetual "woman who always has answers and knows where she's going," the go-to girl--the one who seems to always have it together.
Lately I'm questioning how this…

Is Facebook Changing Who You Are?
Self-Care
Last Saturday, after an early morning family walk and outing, I came home, showered, put away the groceries and posted the following on my personal Facebook page: "Early morning family hike around east Town Lake Trail (beautiful rowing on…

What Does Self-Care Mean to You? (…and our winner!)
Self-Care
We received more than 300 entries into the Year-of-Self-Care Retreat Giveaway and as I sat reading these moving, inspiring, wise, sometimes funny and very real
shares--in response to "What Does Self-Care Mean to Me?"-- what touched me deeply…

Year-of-Self-Care Retreat Giveaway
Self-Care
Many of my major life shifts came while I was on a retreat.
Whether it was spending eight hours alone at a friend's house unplugged, surrounded by my sketchpad, colored pencils and Wisdom cards, circling up to dialogue with men and women…

Perspective
Self-Care
Last Saturday while I was at Esalen--a beautiful, legendary 40 year-old retreat center in stunning Big Sur, CA--leading a women’s retreat, I participated in a writing exercise that I assigned to the women in my group.
As I lay on my belly…

Why Do I Lead Retreats?
Self-Care
Driving back from a yoga class this morning, Stephen Cope’s quote flitted across my mind: “Retreats don’t change our lives as much as they change where we stand in relationship to our lives—and our capacity to see the hidden possibilities…

Do You Need to Reset?
Self-Care
In the mid-seventies--as part of a radical move to simplify their lives--my parents hauled my four brothers and I from bustling San Antonio, TX to a remote area of Northern California. We lived in the majestic Sierra Nevada Mountains near…