Tag Archive for: life balance

Are You Stingy with Your Love?
Self-Care
This Saturday is the 13 year anniversary of my mom’s passing. Healthy and active, she died at age 60 from congestive heart failure as a result of a sudden, serious case of the flu.
She’s been on my mind a lot lately.
Last Wednesday I…

What Are Weekends For?
Self-Care
For the last few months I’ve been working a lot (read more). Often this has involved working straight through the weekend in order to meet key deadlines related to my book launch.
If you know me, you'll vouch that this isn’t my norm.…

Bring on the Magic!!
Mindfulness
Every year in January since I was about 30, I have created a vision board--basically a visual snapshot of what you want to experience in your life (athletes and top entertainers do this all the time to help them focus on and meet their goals).…

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…

Sustainability … for Self
Self-Care
The next twelve months will be a time of incredible growth and expansion for me--personally and professionally.
And sensing this, over the weekend, I woke up Sunday morning feeling stress and anxiety course through my body as I anticipated…

Is Facebook Changing Who You Are?
Self-Care
Last Saturday, after an early morning family walk and outing, I came home, showered, put away the groceries and posted the following on my personal Facebook page: "Early morning family hike around east Town Lake Trail (beautiful rowing on…

I Am a Social Activist
Women's Empowerment
This past Sunday my son and I stumbled upon Lady Gaga's new Born This Way initiative, launched recently at Harvard, which focuses on heightening understanding around bullying and promoting a more compassionate society. It spurred a great…

Slow Down You Move Too Fast!
Life Balance
This weekend I found myself frequently humming, "Slow down, you move too fast ..."
Lately, it feels like life is moving too fast. A month feels like a week--a week, like a day.
Saturday night we really felt the effects of this.
My…

Curiosity
Life Balance
Last month my husband and I had a session with a parenting coach. My almost ten-year old has hit adolescence and it's taken us by surprise (we thought we had a few more years before he started asking for the car keys!).
She shared that…

What Really Matters?
Women's Empowerment
Yesterday morning I found myself standing at my open front door staring out at a beautiful oak tree. Bathed in sunlight, I held a cup of lemon ginger tea in one hand and my to-do list in the other.
I was waiting for a friend that I was helping…

Do It Different
Self-Care
Over the past two weekends I saw some amazing art at E.A.S.T. (I feel so lucky to live in Austin--a progressive oasis in the center of Texas; our tourism plug for years was "Austin, what the rest of the country had in mind!")
Having the opportunity…

More Harmony, Please
Life & Career Coaching, Self-Care
This past week was a doozy.
It seemed everywhere I turned—clients, friends, school, family, businesses—people were in disequilibrium.
On a personal note, it makes sense that I would experience some resistance given that on top of our…