Living in the future = recipe for stress

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Years ago I remember being in a workshop with Richard Carlson, a gifted teacher, father and the author of Slowing Down to the Speed of Life, Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff (It’s All Small Stuff) and many other best-selling titles. Richard…
self-care

5 life-changing ways to start your day

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I'm in the middle of my busiest speaking time. I just finished two engagements and am headed out this week for three more. While I love to travel, break routine and "do it different," going for extended periods where I'm eating new foods, sleeping…
mindfulness

5 questions to ask before choosing a therapist

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In the past month I probably received at least ten requests from friends and clients asking for referrals for great therapists. Whenever these calls come in, I try and get my friends to slow down, step back and approach this process with…
mindfulness

Are you having conversations that matter?

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In 2002 after my son Jonah was born, I sent an email out to a handful of friends from my prenatal yoga class and invited them to meet me at our local park on the following Wednesday. We sat on blankets under big oak trees nursing our newborns.…
stress management

Nature, the ultimate anti-depressant (+11 ideas to get you outside)

One of our family's favorite spots is 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…
stress management

Are you getting your 8 hugs a day?

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A hug is like a boomerang - you get it back right away. ~Bil Keane, "Family Circus" I love my sister-in-law Ronna. The first time I met her, she gave me the most incredible hug. It wasn’t obligatory, wimpy or semi-commital. It was a full-on…
resiliency

A note to my friends in transition

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Before I went out on my own to launch Career Strategists in 1999, I remember counting the days at my last job as a marketing communications director and feeling frustrated, stuck and anxious. I was ready for a big career change, I just wasn't…
self-care

5 ways to start your day (& change your life)

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My family and I just returned from a whirlwind vacation in California.  I loved stepping out of my daily routine and eating new foods, sleeping in new places and exploring new locales. But when I arrived back home this weekend, I felt a…
stress management

Feeling uneasy? 6 ways to find your way home

I've been traveling and speaking a lot over the past six weeks about stress management. As I move through airports, workshops, community centers, companies and conferences, I’ve noticed a buzzy, low-grade anxiety and palpable stress in…

Beware of a sense of urgency

When I was thirty and working as a media relations director, my therapist -- a wise soul who coached me on stress management and how to understand the connection between my thoughts and my mood-- stopped me dead in my tracks one day with…
stress management tools

6 things to do when life feels tough

I was visiting with a dear friend this past weekend who shared she’s battling depression. “It comes and it goes. But when it returns, I often freeze and forget what helps me most; all my great self-care practices fly right out the window,”…
stress management

7 back-to-school strategies to promote less stress & more flow

It’s 1976. I’m in fifth grade and standing by our front door with my red plaid backpack. My eyes scanning, I watch my four younger brothers dart from room to room. My stomach is in knots. It’s 7:45 a.m. We should have left fifteen…
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