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8 ways to reclaim your power

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Author/speaker Renee Trudeau offers women 8 ways to reclaim their power.

The only 2021 new year’s resolution you’ll need!

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Whenever these calls come in, I try and encourage my friends to slow down, step back and approach this process with mindfulness and intention. Take your time to get this right; you’re going to be sharing your innermost thoughts and feelings with this person. I’m a big fan of psychotherapy as one of many healing modalities.
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5 ways to stay connected to your partner

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Everywhere I turn my friends and clients are navigating choppy waters in their most intimate relationships. The current economic and political climate combined with the fall-out from this global pandemic is challenging even the strongest of…

Nature: the ultimate anti-depressant (10+ ideas to get you outside)

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Last week I spoke at a women’s life balance event and afterwards I visited with an attendee who asked, “I know self-care is important, but I have no idea what I need and I’m not even sure where to start!” Can you relate?

Do less, experience more

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Recently, our family was invited to visit friends for the weekend at their cabin on the river, an hour’s drive from our house. The night before we were going to leave, my husband and I were frantically creating lists of all the things…

8 ways to have a mindful vacation

I was visiting with a good friend last week who was feeling exhausted, frustrated and saddened that her recent family vacation was not what she had intended. "We crammed too much in, checked our work email too often and didn't build in…

My challenge to you this summer: DO IT DIFFERENT!

This morning I made migas with mushrooms for breakfast. Then I dropped off my son to volunteer at our friends wonderful farm camp (where I was greeted by roosters and got to pet a gentle horse and a goat) and I attended a morning yoga class.…

6 questions to stop you in your tracks

Last Friday I led a one-day self-renewal retreat for wonderful group of women in Austin. It was a wise, creative, contemplative group. There were many insights and “ah-ha’s” shared, but one that stayed with me was, "I never knew a…

Messy isn’t a bad thing

I’m the oldest of seven children, five boys and two girls. Growing up with four hyper-active brothers (the boy/girl twins arrived on the scene when I was 14), our home was constant chaos. Slingshots firing, mad games of indoor tag, impromptu…

On being anxious (and how to remove cat hairs)

The summer before 6th grade, my parents moved me and my four brothers across the country--away from my best friends Ann, Karen and Laura--to an alternative school on a yoga commune in the Sierra Nevada mountains of CA (this was part…

How I plan to simplify my life

I don't think I'm cut out for modern living. Lately, things just seem like they're moving too fast: too many options, too much juggling, too many demands, too many  (perceived) have to's and too much traffic (I just found out Austin is…

How to have the summer you desire

"It's summertime and the living is easy ..."  Or maybe it's not. Last weekend I led a retreat at Kripalu Yoga & Wellness Center for 65 women. During our Saturday break, I attended a dance class and the instructor opened with these…
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