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Do You Start Your Day Intentionally?

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Whew! The last week or so has been intense. I'm hearing from many friends and clients that they're feeling untethered, emotional and having trouble finding their center. One self-care practice that has enormous benefits and is a non-negotiable…
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(Video) What Makes You Come Alive?

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When I go for a walk or have tea with a friend I have not seen in a while, I always ask the same question: What's making you come alive right now? I love the way they light up and how their eyes sparkle when they share their response to my question.…
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(Video) How Do You Make Decisions?

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Taped to my laptop is the mantra: From stillness comes discernment. It came to me while I was leading a retreat at Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health years ago.  I revisit this reminder daily.  Where do you turn when you have to make a big…

(Video) Where Do I Need to Course Correct?

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Socrates said, "The secret of change is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new.”  For years I worked in healthcare communications and designed huge outreach plans to encourage people to shift towards…
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(Video) What Does Self-Care Mean to You?

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I'm leading a women's circle this spring focused on sovereignty and the art/science of self-care. Why? I've experienced so many gifts from my daily self-care practice over the last 20 years that it's motivated me to want to continually support…
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Living in the future = recipe for stress

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Years ago I was in a workshop with Richard Carlson, a gifted psychologist, 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 talked…
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Hello to here: returning to the present moment

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Last week I spoke at a women’s life balance event and afterwards I visited with an attendee who asked, “I know self-care is important, but I have no idea what I need and I’m not even sure where to start!” Can you relate?

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

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 opposite…

Doing vs. Being

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 to…

Be Here Now … Really?!

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

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…
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