Tag Archive for: life balance
(Video) How Can You Practice Radical Self-Care?
Newsletter, Self-CareOver the last 25 years I've done a ton of mind/body training, study, research and teaching around how to help people release stress and enhance resiliency. This was motivated by my own struggle with anxiety in my 20s and 30s. Today I can say…
(Video) What is Calling for my Attention?
Newsletter, Work Life BalancePause. 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?!…
(Video) What’s the Best Use of My Energy Right Now?
Newsletter, Work Life BalanceIn my late 30's I learned the difference between managing my energy versus managing my time. This was a game changer. Later in my 40's when I was leading a retreat at the Omega Institute, I received an even more powerful gift: the understanding…
(Video) How Can I Be My Own Ally?
Newsletter, Self-CareI've got a lot going on right now. It's almost dizzying. It seems many of us have gotten off the pandemic-induced "limbo train" and are starting to move forward.
Yesterday I found myself being critical of all that I had not accomplished. …
If it Doesn’t Flow, Can You Let it Go?
Life Balance, NewsletterAs a communications director, throughout my twenties and thirties, I pushed myself hard.
After securing a documentary special for a client on NOVA, I barely stopped to breathe before I was pitching their story to National Geographic. When it…
Self-Care 101: Three Ways to Begin
Featured, Newsletter, Self-Care, Women's RetreatsLast 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?
5 Ways to Have Your Best Day Ever
Newsletter, Self-CareLately my schedule has been really erratic. I've been staying with friends and traveling over the last two weeks and my typical, nourishing daily routines took a back seat. But, the one thing I stick to as much as possible-no matter where I…
5 Ways to Have Your Best Day Ever
Newsletter, Self-CareLately my schedule has been really erratic. I've been staying with friends and traveling over the last two weeks and my typical, nourishing daily routines took a back seat. But, the one thing I stick to as much as possible-no matter where I…
Are You Over-managing Your Life?
Mindfulness, Newsletter"Sometimes letting things go is an act of far greater power than defending or hanging on." ― Eckhart Tolle, A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose
When my son was in middle school I became really tired of juggling and always trying…
10 gifts I’ve uncovered while living in the unknown
Life Balance, NewsletterAre you moving through a career change, health crisis or relationship challenge? Are you in a big life transition and asking "What's next?" Or, perhaps you're in a place of re-imagining your life? It feels as if we’re headed into a…
If it doesn’t flow, let it go
Life Balance, NewsletterAs a communications director, throughout my twenties and thirties, I pushed myself hard.
After securing media coverage for a client on NOVA, I barely stopped to breathe before I was pitching their story to National Geographic. When it came…
9 Ways To Embrace Your Shadow
Mindfulness, NewsletterWhile 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…