Tag Archive for: emotional self-care

self-care

(Video) Are You Making Connection a Priority?

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I woke up Monday morning feeling replenished and hopeful about the week ahead. My well was full. My fun, adventurous, intentional social connections over the weekend had fed me on so many levels! Often social connection and friend time falls…
self-care

4 Ways to Feel Better Fast

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Last week I received some alarming news about a close friend. Afterwards, I felt anxious, jumpy and unsettled. My brain was so flooded with stress hormones, I felt paralyzed and was struggling to remember any of my self-care tools!  Stress…
emotional self-care

(Video) How Are You Caring for Your Heart?

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“In your light I learn how to love. In your beauty, how to make poems. You dance inside my chest where no-one sees you, but sometimes I do, and that sight becomes this art.” ― Rumi Whew, last week was an intense one for me. I was navigating…
mindfulness

8 Ways To Embrace Your Shadow

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While I love celebrating Christmas as a season of light and time of spiritual renewal, sometimes the days before and after this sacred holiday can be a bit dark for me. Between the cold, grey weather, honoring my deceased mother's Dec. 20th…
emotional self-care

7 Tips For A More Mindful Holiday Season

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My immediate family will be all be coming together next week. Yesterday we hopped on a Zoom call to pause, check-in and share our intentions for this holiday season: what's most important to us during our time together and what we each need…
women's empowerment

Are You Prioritizing Friendships (+why you should)?

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The other day I met up with a dear friend who is my soft place to fall. She encourages me to show up messy, tender and fully myself. She sees my creativity and generosity AND my tendency to be controlling and too goal-oriented.  She accepts…
mindfulness

Is There A Third Path I’m Not Seeing?

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Ever find yourself at opposite ends of the table (or football field) from a friend or family member around an issue and unable to find a resolution?  This week I'm asking, "Is there a third path I'm not seeing?" Watch my two minute video:  Find…
self-care

(Video) How Can I Be Kinder to Myself?

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Lately I have found myself often saying, "It's a really hard time to be a human."  When things get this intense (monumental natural disasters, seismic political unrest, widespread economic uncertainty, a pandemic that doesn't seem to end) on…
mindfulness

Who Would I Be Without My Fear?

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Ever notice what your body does when you have fearful thoughts? Often we contract, constrict, become smaller and shut down. Maybe your shoulders hike up, your upper back feels tight or your stomach churns. As author/trauma expert Bessel Van…
self-care

(Video) Are You Standing in Your Power?

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Right before my father died of a sudden, massive heart attack at age 56, he gave me a framed passage of author Marianne Williamson's famous words, “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond…
mindfulness

(Video) Are You Comfortable Living with Polarities?

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Whenever I lead retreats at Kripalu, Esalen or 1440, I love to guide my retreat participants through a mindfulness meditation from Richard Miller called welcoming joy's opposite. When it's over, they often share how challenging it is to…
self-care

(Video) How Well Do I Know Myself?

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Last week I asked myself, "Are you seeing things as they are or are you seeing things as you are?" Knowing ourselves: how we're wired, how we respond to stress and what we need to feel our best, is integral to self-care and being able to…
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