Tag Archive for: being present

(Video) Gulp! How’s Your Digestion?
Newsletter, Self-CareRecently my digestion was thrown off for a couple of days from too much busy-ness, overwork, indulging and not enough rest and space to just be. This imbalance was a huge gift and reminder of how important it is to make choices that support…

Many Things Are True At Once
Mindfulness, NewsletterShakespeare said, “Nothing is either good or bad but thinking makes it so.”
Around the globe, many of us are experiencing deep frustration, pain and despair right now. Others are expanding joyfully into radically new ways of being and seeing. …

How Are You Nourishing Your Soul?
Newsletter, Self-Care, Spiritual Self-careI grew up in an interfaith family where spirituality was front and center. My childhood home had a large meditation/prayer room to the right of the front door and I have a sister named Teresa (after the Roman Catholic nun/missionary) and a brother…

Do You Start Your Day Intentionally?
Newsletter, Self-CareWhew! 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…

(Video) What Makes You Come Alive?
Newsletter, Self-CareWhen 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.…

(Video) How Do You Make Decisions?
Newsletter, Self-CareTaped 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?
Newsletter, Self-CareSocrates 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…

(Video) What Does Self-Care Mean to You?
Newsletter, Self-CareI'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…

Living in the future = recipe for stress
Life Balance, Newsletter, Stress ManagementYears 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…

Hello to here: returning to the present moment
Mindfulness, NewsletterLast 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
Life Balance
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 opposite…