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self-compassion

Struggling? Start with Self-Compassion

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Last week I was swimming in overwhelm. Occasionally, we all go there. Particularly when we're navigating too many transitions or challenges at once (i.e. moving/relocating, career/job changes, natural disasters, health challenges, shifts in…
mindfulness

When We Do Less, We Experience More

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Last week, I was juggling work deadlines, interviewing interns, wrapping up 2025 contracts and packing up to head out of town for two weeks. On Wednesday morning after my meditation, I looked at my too-full work-day and realized that while…

Find Peace of Mind: Take a Digital Detox

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I recently took a week off from work to unplug (no computer use, email, TV/movies and only minimal essential phone use). I spent the time pulling weeds in the early morning, journaling, doing creative visioning for my business, taking evening…

Connection = Medicine for the Body, Mind & Soul

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I recently led a virtual work-life balance retreat for a group of women leaders. At the end of the day, a participant reached out and tearfully shared, “I had no idea how badly I needed that. Not just the connection with other women, but…
women's retreat

Why Rituals Matter (and where to begin)

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Life is not a thing to be managed, it is a mystery to be lived. Last weekend my only son graduated from college in Wisconsin. The night before he walked across the stage, my husband and I gathered in an Airbnb with my five siblings—who had…
mindfulness

Don’t Believe Everything You Think!

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“The truth is, we don’t know what’s going to happen—we just think we do. Often we make a big deal out of something. We blow up scenarios in our minds about all the terrible things that are going to happen. Most of the time we are wrong.…
mindfulness

Want to Feel More Free? Do it Differently

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This past weekend my husband and I went to an exciting personal development workshop in Asheville. Then yesterday, we visited thermal hot springs and tried a new restaurant. And today, I spontaneously decided to lead a community song circle…
mindfulness

When We Change Our Perspective, We Change Our Thoughts

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Last week a dear friend was lamenting about how overwhelmed and exhausted she was feeling. She was being critical about her perceived inability to "manage it all." I listened quietly, gave her a long hug and asked," Have you perhaps forgotten…
work-life balance

Is Your Pace Sustainable (+ 9 ways to say no)?

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Recently while I was at Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health leading a women's retreat, I met an executive who was the dean at a large medical school. She said they had just added a class on work-life balance and resiliency to their medical school curriculum. But she wonders if her young doctors in training will see the value of this course for their patients–and themselves– as they navigate their intense pace.
mindfullness

Why I Love to Create Disruption

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Ever feel like you're sleepwalking through your life: doing the same things day after day, eating the same foods, having the same conversations and thinking the same thoughts? Author Wayne Dyer said, "Change the way you look at things and…
flow, life balance

If it Doesn’t Flow, Let it Go!

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The other day, my husband and I met with our builder about a new construction project we've been working on for two years. It appeared to us that things were not lining up to support our dream and we asked to pause, meet and have a heart-to-heart…

Tag Archive for: Brevard

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