Tag Archive for: personal growth
(Video) How Can I Be More Compassionate with Myself?
Newsletter, Self-CareI'll never forget one day in my late twenties leaving a massage therapy session after a long work week and hearing the practitioner share, "Renee, be gentle with yourself." She stopped me in my tracks. I had no idea what she meant. I left curious…
(Video) How Connected Are You?
emotional self-care, Newsletter, Self-CareResearcher and journalist Johann Hari, describes in his best-selling book, Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression – and the Unexpected Solution nine types of connection that we all need to thrive. He believes connection…
(Video) How Can You Practice Radical Self-Care?
Newsletter, Self-CareOver the last 25 years I've done a ton of mind/body training, study, research and teaching around how to help people release stress and enhance resiliency. This was motivated by my own struggle with anxiety in my 20s and 30s. Today I can say…
(Video) What is Calling for my Attention?
Newsletter, Work Life BalancePause. Put down your to-do list. Close your eyes. Take a deep breath. Then ask, "Who or what is calling for my attention right now?"
All of us can succumb to the seduction of productivity. Who doesn't love to cross things off a long task list?!…
(Video) What’s the Best Use of My Energy Right Now?
Newsletter, Work Life BalanceIn my late 30's I learned the difference between managing my energy versus managing my time. This was a game changer. Later in my 40's when I was leading a retreat at the Omega Institute, I received an even more powerful gift: the understanding…
(Video) How Can I Be My Own Ally?
Newsletter, Self-CareI've got a lot going on right now. It's almost dizzying. It seems many of us have gotten off the pandemic-induced "limbo train" and are starting to move forward.
Yesterday I found myself being critical of all that I had not accomplished. …
If it Doesn’t Flow, Can You Let it Go?
Life Balance, NewsletterAs a communications director, throughout my twenties and thirties, I pushed myself hard.
After securing a documentary special for a client on NOVA, I barely stopped to breathe before I was pitching their story to National Geographic. When it…
If it doesn’t flow, let it go
Life Balance, NewsletterAs a communications director, throughout my twenties and thirties, I pushed myself hard.
After securing media coverage for a client on NOVA, I barely stopped to breathe before I was pitching their story to National Geographic. When it came…