
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…

How’s Your Heart?
Self-Care
Friday, March 30th was the 12 year anniversary of my mother’s death.
I’ve lost three family members prematurely and these anniversaries always affect me--even if I don’t remember the dates until after the fact.
My healthy and active…

Why Can’t I Sit Still?
Self-Care
I finished the first draft of the manuscript for my new book on Friday (more to come on this fruitful journey and the gifts that came from the last several months). In many ways, the work is just beginning, but I’m committed to stopping…

Do It Different
Self-Care
Over the past two weekends I saw some amazing art at E.A.S.T. (I feel so lucky to live in Austin--a progressive oasis in the center of Texas; our tourism plug for years was "Austin, what the rest of the country had in mind!")
Having the opportunity…

Surrendering
Self-Care
This past week I participated in an amazing one-day conference for 2000 women. It was an inaugural event and I was delivering the closing keynote, a workshop session to 300 women, my organization was staffing/working a booth and I was signed…

More Harmony, Please
Life & Career Coaching, Self-Care
This past week was a doozy.
It seemed everywhere I turned—clients, friends, school, family, businesses—people were in disequilibrium.
On a personal note, it makes sense that I would experience some resistance given that on top of our…

A New Way of Being
Self-Care(This morning I found this scribbled on the back of a page in my journal. It's from the first week of my summer writing sabbatical. June 22, 2011. You can read more about my summer here.)
The deepest part of me desires to WAKE UP and evolve…

Ahhh….A Change Is Needed!
Self-CareMy husband and I had a challenging time around communication this past week. Of course, I can quickly blame it on his heady, introverted nature (he’s an INTP if you know Myers Briggs speak), but the truth is it takes two to tango.
At the…

Choosing Love Over Fear
Self-CareThere are only ever two choices: love or fear. Which path will you take?
My writing sabbatical this past July/August was incredible. Incredibly intense that is. I told a friend the other day it was like 30 years of therapy in two months. I…

Listening
Self-CareWe just finished a wonderful dinner of New Mexican red chile roasted veggie enchiladas. We were joined by some dear neighbors and before everyone headed home we gathered our four sweet children ages five to nine for a school year blessing (they…

Self-Compassion
Self-CareLast week I had a day where I felt like I was swimming through steel cut oatmeal (as my west Texas therapist friend Donna likes to say).
I was judgmental and finding fault with every person, group, situation, scenario I was bumping up against.
And…