Tag Archive for: live inside out

mindfulness

Want to Feel More Free? Do it Differently

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This past weekend my husband and I went to an exciting personal development workshop in Asheville. Then yesterday, we visited thermal hot springs and tried a new restaurant. And today, I spontaneously decided to lead a community song circle…
mindfulness

When We Change Our Perspective, We Change Our Thoughts

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Last week a dear friend was lamenting about how overwhelmed and exhausted she was feeling. She was being critical about her perceived inability to "manage it all." I listened quietly, gave her a long hug and asked," Have you perhaps forgotten…
self-care

You Are Not a Self-Improvement Project

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One rainy, Saturday morning, I was lying in bed reading from author Anne Lamott's beautiful little book Small Victories. In one of her stories about parenting, she shares with a little self-deprecation, but mostly tenderness, how she doesn't…
work-life balance

Is Your Pace Sustainable (+ 9 ways to say no)?

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Recently while I was at Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health leading a women's retreat, I met an executive who was the dean at a large medical school. She said they had just added a class on work-life balance and resiliency to their medical school curriculum. But she wonders if her young doctors in training will see the value of this course for their patients–and themselves– as they navigate their intense pace.
mindfullness

Why I Love to Create Disruption

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Ever feel like you're sleepwalking through your life: doing the same things day after day, eating the same foods, having the same conversations and thinking the same thoughts? Author Wayne Dyer said, "Change the way you look at things and…
flow, life balance

If it Doesn’t Flow, Let it Go!

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The other day, my husband and I met with our builder about a new construction project we've been working on for two years. It appeared to us that things were not lining up to support our dream and we asked to pause, meet and have a heart-to-heart…
mindfulness

When We Do Less, We Experience More

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Last week, I was juggling work deadlines, training a new team member and packing up to head out of town. On Wednesday evening, while driving to my community singing class (an hour away), I found myself feeling more and more tired. More than…
self-care

Self-Care = Meeting Yourself Where You Are

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Self-care is not about adding something to your to-do list. It's about cultivating new ways of being with yourself ~ Renee Trudeau I have a dear friend in Austin who is known for her bubbly, outgoing positivity. But, when she and I are alone…
mindfulness

We Gotta Feel It to Heal It

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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 these…
emotional self-care

How Are You Nurturing Your Heart?

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Author and self-care expert Renee Trudeau offers a short exercise on ways to feel more grounded.
mindfulness

Many Things Are True At Once

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Shakespeare said, “Nothing is either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.” Around the globe, many of us are experiencing deep frustration, pain and despair right now. Others are expanding joyfully into radical new ways of being and seeing.…
self-care

(Video) What Does Self-Care Mean to YOU?

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Author and self-care expert Renee Trudeau offers a short video to help create a daily self-care practice.
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