Tag Archive for: life balance

A Soft Place to Fall

“Your ordinary self is enough.” Carol Orsborn, author/speaker I recently spoke at a national women’s conference and had a wonderful conversation with a woman from South Africa who leads groups for domestic violence survivors in PA. We…

I’ll Be Happy When ….?

I am in the middle of a big international launch right now to share the self-care themes from my book with the world. The year-long celebration, which kicks off this Mother’s Day weekend, was inspired by a “visit” from my dad, who passed…

We Are All One

A couple of weeks ago, my son and I were out watering some new plants in our yard. He called out to me in a very disturbed voice to come over to the sidewalk that runs along the side of our home. He had discovered a dead pigeon. It was beautiful…

Mystery

Photo: I shot this photo in the Santa Elena Canyon on our last hike in Big Bend National Park before heading back to Austin. All week I kept telling my family how badly I wanted to see a snake on our trip. This guy poked his head of a stream…

What Would She Think?

Today is the anniversary of my mom’s passing nine years ago. She came down with the flu on March 29th, 2000 and quickly without warning or anyone knowing, went into congestive heart failure twenty-four hours later and was gone. She was 59. She…

Time

My family and I just returned from a fabulous trip to the Big Bend National Park area. This remote 800,000 acre national park is one of the most diverse and unusual—mountains/desert/river all in one area—and one of the least visited.…

Unexpected Gifts

In 2002, the year my son was born, I felt a soft but persistent tapping on my shoulder to start a free, community support group to help mothers (most of all me) focus on self-care. My plate was full with a six-month old and a relatively new…

Just for Fun?!

I grew up in an overachiever family. And, as the oldest of seven kids, it was not easy to refuse the Kool-Aid. As my husband, son and I were out bike riding around the beautiful lake in the center of our city Saturday morning, we stumbled…
mindfulness

What Grounds You?

I just returned from a wonderful Intuitive Arts weekend retreat led by my fabulous colleague Diana Amorde. I came home feeling so much passion/clarity and focus around my work and life. I couldn’t wait to dive back in and start implementing…

How does balance feel to you?

Although I enjoyed a long walk with a good friend around Town Lake Saturday morning and a relaxing dinner at home with my family Saturday evening (we made some wonderful fish tacos on fresh corn tortillas), I found myself feeling crabby and…

Simplicity

One of our favorite family activities is to visit the Sunset Valley Farmer’s Market each Saturday morning, choose some yummy things to eat for the day/week and come home and enjoy a wonderful leisurely lunch together. This past Saturday,…

Spirituality

I had a very unusual upbringing (read more). My parents were what most people would call spiritual “seekers.” Questions about how we connect to our divinity or the sacred --what most people refer to as spirituality--were constantly on…
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