Tag Archive for: meditation
Struggling? Start with Self-Compassion
Newsletter, self-compassionLast week I was swimming in overwhelm. Occasionally, we all go there. Particularly when we're navigating too many transitions or challenges at once (i.e. moving/relocating, career/job changes, natural disasters, health challenges, shifts in…
Could Meditation Be Your Sanity Saver? 5 Ways to Begin
Meditation, NewsletterI live in Western North Carolina, an area in the Blue Ridge Mountains that was recently hit with catastrophic flooding caused by Hurricane Helene. The "1,000 year flood," was fueled by unprecedented climate change shifts. We've been in the national…
When We Do Less, We Experience More
Mindfulness, Newsletter
Last week, I was juggling work deadlines, interviewing interns, wrapping up 2025 contracts and packing up to head out of town for two weeks. On Wednesday morning after my meditation, I looked at my too-full work-day and realized that while…
7 Back-to-School Strategies to Support More Flow
Mindfulness, NewsletterIt’s 1976. I’m in fifth grade and standing by our front door with my red plaid backpack. My eyes scanning, I watch my four younger brothers dart from room to room. My stomach is in knots. It’s 7:45 a.m. We should have left fifteen minutes…
What Do You Need This Summer (+ 9 ways to say “no”)?
Newsletter, Self-CareLast Thursday morning after my nature-based workout, my friend Laura asked me to join her and her kids to pick strawberries. Thinking of the mountains of emails and event contracts that awaited me and before, “No, I have to get to my office,”…
Don’t Believe Everything You Think!
Mindfulness, Newsletter“The truth is, we don’t know what’s going to happen—we just think we do. Often we make a big deal out of something. We blow up scenarios in our minds about all the terrible things that are going to happen. Most of the time we are wrong.…
When We Change Our Perspective, We Change Our Thoughts
Mindfulness, Newsletter, self-compassionLast 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…
Why I Love to Create Disruption
Mindfulness, Newsletter
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…
If it Doesn’t Flow, Let it Go!
Life Balance, Newsletter
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…
When We Do Less, We Experience More
Mindfulness, Newsletter
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…
Many Things Are True At Once
Mindfulness, NewsletterShakespeare 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.…