Tag Archive for: new way of being
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…
What new way of being do you want to keep?
living intentionally, NewsletterRight after 9/11 my inbox was flooded with emails and my phone was ringing off the hook.
At the time, I was still working as a career strategist, helping people map out their career/life direction and integrate who they are with what they do. …
Are you over-managing your life?
Life Balance
"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
A few years ago I got really tired of juggling and always trying to anticipate/manage…
Slowing down to the speed of summer
Mindfulness
One of my touchstones for gauging how fast--or slow--I'm living, is noticing if I have a vase of fresh herbs and flowers on my desk. When I'm living the life I desire, I create the time to meander in my garden and pick colorful and unusual…
Shedding
Women's Empowerment
We must be willing to get rid of the life we've planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us. The old skin has to be shed before the new one can come. Joseph Campbell
I'm doing a lot of shedding right now. Letting things whither…
5 things I learned about myself in 2013
Mindfulness
There's something magical about this window of time as one year ends and another is about to begin. It's a pregnant pause: ripe with possibility and potential. To me, it feels especially so this year.
Yesterday I challenged our 6th…
10 ways to become comfortable with chaos
Self-Care
Last week I gathered with a small group of friends in my home. They shared they've been feeling a sense of sadness—almost a mourning—that the world as we know it is gone. It feels as if we’re headed into a brave, new frontier and…
Are you living your life (or someone else’s)?
Self-Care
"It is 1976, and my dad has left his booming medical practice in San Antonio. We have abandoned our comfortable, sprawling ranch-style home on two acres and have moved into a twelve-hundred-square-foot home with a wood-burning stove on fifty…
10 ways to nurture your soul (and a new video!)
Self-Care
Over the years, our career coaching clients have shared that one of the biggest gifts they receive from working with our team is being challenged to imagine what is possible in their lives and careers: to shed the shackles of their expectations,…
Wanna “do it different?!” (and why we should)
Self-Care
I recently attended an artists' studio tour in my hometown. Seeing these amazing avant-garde work/home/creative spaces was a powerful reminder that there is no “one way” to live or work. Drinking in this visual feast of multimedia, oil…
My 7 Favorite Birthday Presents
Life Balance
January is not my favorite month. I don't like the cold, I love and need lots of sunshine and my birthday--January 7--often brings with it an array of emotions, which often include sadness around not having my mom and dad around to tell me…
Can I Be Grateful for What’s Not Going My Way?
Self-Care
Sunday morning I woke up excited and looking forward to attending my good friend’s community potluck and documentary viewing when I discovered the keys to my car were in the glove compartment of my locked car and my husband--who had the…