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People First, Things Second

As a life balance teacher, I'm always questioning how I can help myself and others come into greater equilibrium--not just around work and life, but around feeling and thinking, being and doing, and giving and receiving. Yesterday morning…

Aware ... ness

Self-Care

It's 7:00 a.m. I’m sitting at my computer replying to some timely emails before I finish helping my son find his shoes and water bottle and get out the door for school. He walks into my upstairs office and sits down in the office chair…

Doing vs. Being

Work Life Balance

This is the time of year that many of us feel more like human doings than human beings. Yesterday afternoon, my husband and son went out to work on costumes for one of my husband’s upcoming Samba School gigs. I had been looking forward…

Be Here Now ... Really?!

Spirituality

Growing up, my parents used to quote a lot of annoying phrases to me. They were boomers, intellectuals and spiritual seekers, and were always looking for new perspectives and teachings to expand their minds. (My dad liberally quoted passages…

Right Here, Right Now

Self-Care

Following a rich, connective one-day self-renewal retreat I facilitated on Friday, I attended and volunteered at GenAustin’s statewide We Are Girls Conference at the Ann Richards School for Girls all day Saturday. It was an emotionally intense…

Digesting

Mindfulness

di•ges•tion (di jes′c̸hən, dī-); noun; the absorption of ideas. I recently listened to a radio interview with acclaimed historian Doris Kearns Goodwin, author of Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln. She…

Being Present

Self-Care

I love it when the Universe calls me up to the plate, puts a bat in my hands, throws me a big old curve ball and sees how I’m going to react. I’m really getting the opportunity to practice what I preach right now. My husband was layed…

Unplugged

Self-Care

This past weekend I led a Self-Renewal Retreat at The Crossings Spa and Resort for an amazing group of 32 women from around the U.S. It is deeply fulfilling work, but it also takes a lot of energy to “hold the space” for people as they move…

Living Inside-Out

Self-Care

Every morning on the way to driving my son to school, I take a few minutes to set an intention for the day (i.e. I am wise and focused or I relax into an easy flow). I also invite my seven-year old to do the same. We’ve been doing this since…

Dancing with the Devil

Spirituality

The “devil” –if he lives—is our own negative thought patterns dragging us through the dirt into a self-created hell. Whether we choose or refuse this dance is fortunately up to us. Anonymous Have you ever had something really “bad”…

Overwhelm

Life Balance

I define life balance as having enough time, energy and resources for those things that are most important to me. So is feeling overwhelmed—the suitor currently knocking on my door asking for a dance-- what happens when this is not the…

Balance from the Inside-Out

Work Life Balance

September has always been like the start of the New Year for me. I have launched businesses, started new jobs, rolled out new business models, embarked on back-to-back speaking sprints and unveiled new creative endeavors…

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People First, Things Second

Aware ... ness

Doing vs. Being

Be Here Now ... Really?!

Right Here, Right Now

Digesting

Being Present

Unplugged

Living Inside-Out

Dancing with the Devil

Overwhelm

Balance from the Inside-Out

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