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Crazy Busy Schedule? Try Incremental Self-Care

Last week I was visiting with my brother, a management consultant. He just took on a new client, he has a toddler with special needs and a blended family, he travels for work and he’s working in an uber fast-paced industry. We talked about…

Could Meditation Be Your Sanity Saver? 5 Ways to Begin

Mindfulness, Newsletter

I feel edgy, unsettled and a bit anxious. Between navigating several big life transitions, a move to a new home and some unexpected changes in my business--I’m not feeling too grounded. So rather than slide into my typical MO of over-doing,…

8 Ways to Reclaim Your Personal Power

Newsletter, Self-Care

Author/speaker Renee Trudeau offers women 8 ways to reclaim their power.

(Video) Do You Push or Allow Things to Happen?

Mindfulness, Newsletter

“Water is fluid, soft, and yielding. But water will wear away rock, which is rigid and cannot yield. As a rule, whatever is fluid, soft, and yielding will overcome whatever is rigid and hard. This is a paradox: what is soft is strong.”―…

(Video) How Can I Calm My Mind?

Mindfulness, Newsletter

"I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet." Mahatma Gandhi Recently I had an ah-hah about my body, mind and nervous system and how a new unhealthy habit was affecting my sleep, ability to release worry and stress,…

7 Reasons to Choose Love Over Fear

Mindfulness, Newsletter, Self-Care

I remember a few years ago showing up at my local polling place to vote and seeing a long line wrap around the building. The anxiety in and around the voting space was thick and palpable. After ten minutes of waiting, I almost turned around…

We Have to Feel It to Heal It

Life Balance, Mindfulness

How comfortable are you "feeling uncomfortable feelings?" During my 20's and 30's I experienced my parent's divorce, my brother's suicide, and the death of my mother and father. All of the pain, sadness, betrayal, anger and abandonment…

Want True Freedom? Do it Differently

Mindfulness, Newsletter

This morning as I prepared to head out to my usual Saturday morning yoga class, I remembered hearing about a modern dance class in a nearby town that sounded interesting. I'm an avid movement fan but I haven't done any type of dance in decades.…

(Video) How Do You Make Decisions?

Newsletter, Self-Care

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) What is Calling for my Attention?

Newsletter, Work Life Balance

Pause. Put down your to-do list. Close your eyes. Take a deep breath. Then ask, "Who or what is calling for my attention right now?" All of us can succumb to the seduction of productivity. Who doesn't love to cross things off a long task list?!…