Tag Archive for: New Year

Feel It to Heal It: Three Ways to Begin
emotional self-care, NewsletterI sat next to a college student on the plane recently after coming back from leading a retreat in MA. I listened as she talked about her fears and anxieties around her career path and "What's next?" When I got up to leave, I asked her, “Cristina,…

Feel It to Heal It: Three Ways to Begin
emotional self-care, NewsletterI sat next to a college student on the plane recently after coming back from leading a retreat in MA. I listened as she talked about her fears and anxieties around her career path and "What's next?" When I got up to leave, I asked her, “Cristina,…

The Only New Year’s Resolution We Need
Newsletter, Self-CareDuring a family holiday trip to Texas, we watched an apocalyptic thriller about cyber-attacks, survival and class/racial tension. As the story unfolds there are countless times when the two families who are thrown together to navigate numerous…

The Only New Year’s Resolution You’ll Need
Newsletter, Self-CareMy husband and I just finished an exhausting cross-country move from Austin, TX to the mountains of Western, NC. On the last night of the move, we needed some mindless TV and streamed Leave the World Behind, an apocalyptic thriller about cyber…

(Video) Am I Comfortable with Polarities?
Mindfulness, NewsletterYears ago, I started a nonprofit initiative in Austin, TX that focused on supporting parents of teens. Here's the lament that I heard regularly when one of our parent's children was struggling: "It's so hard for me to feel joy or happiness when…

(Video) Am I Comfortable with Polarities?
Mindfulness, NewsletterYears ago, I started a nonprofit initiative in Austin, TX that focused on supporting parents of teens. Here's the lament that I heard regularly when one of our parent's children was struggling: "It's so hard for me to feel joy or happiness when…

(Video) What is Possible When We Let Go?
Mindfulness, Newsletter, Self-CareMy husband and I are in the middle of several huge life transitions. We're pulling up 30-year roots, selling our sweet Austin, TX home and hoping to build a creative dream in the mountains of Western NC. There's much more, but needless to say…

(Video) What is Possible When We Let Go?
Mindfulness, Newsletter, Self-CareMy husband and I are in the middle of several huge life transitions. We're pulling up 30-year roots, selling our sweet Austin, TX home and hoping to build a creative dream in the mountains of Western NC. There's much more, but needless to say…

(Video) Everything You’re Feeling is Valid and Welcome
emotional self-care, NewsletterI sat next to a young college student on the plane the other day coming back from Kripalu. I listened as she talked about her fears and anxieties around her career path and "What's next?" When I got up to leave, I asked her, “Cristina, what…

(Video) Everything You’re Feeling is Valid and Welcome
emotional self-care, NewsletterI sat next to a young college student on the plane the other day coming back from Kripalu. I listened as she talked about her fears and anxieties around her career path and "What's next?" When I got up to leave, I asked her, “Cristina, what…

(Video) Can You Be With What Is?
Mindfulness, Newsletter
I sent my husband to the farmer's market last Saturday to get arugula, kale, spinach and lettuce. He came home with a hard-skinned, oblong Japanese squash.
Maybe this year is not going quite as you had planned? This past week I heard…

What Would Your Wise Self Say?
Newsletter, Self-Care, women's retreat
This past weekend I took Saturday off for a personal retreat. I sat in front of the fireplace at my friend's empty home surrounded by art supplies, my 2022 journals and my cozy sherpa blanket. I meditated, practiced yoga, drew, journaled,…