Tag Archive for: resiliency

Feel Good Fast: The Simple Power of Gratitude
Mindfulness, NewsletterGrowing up our cerebral, overachiever family placed a high value on competency. Often that translated into a critical mindset toward self and others where we frequently saw the bad, before the good.
This way of being, like all patterns, became…

Feel It to Heal It: Are You Running from Your Emotions?
emotional self-care, Mindfulness, NewsletterAre you running from your emotions? During my 20's and 30's, I experienced my parent's divorce, my brother's suicide and the death of my mother and father. All of the pain, sadness, betrayal, anger and abandonment these losses brought up for…

6 Ways to Find Comfort in Uncertain Times
Newsletter, Self-CareMany people are struggling right now and barely keeping their heads above water. I was visiting with an old friend yesterday who is battling depression. “It comes and it goes, but when it returns, I often freeze and forget what helps me the…

Rest IS Radical Self-Care: Start Here
Newsletter, Self-Care
This week I’ve carved out an entire afternoon to spend a relaxed hour with my calendar—not penciling things in, but revisiting pending events and making intentional choices that support a more open, spacious, restorative fall schedule.
Does…

4 Ways to Invite in Self-Compassion
Mindfulness, NewsletterLately, I've been dancing with my friend, overwhelm. I'm navigating several major life transitions (moving, hiring/training a team member, building a new home, healing from a health challenge); when this happens, our brains shut down from processing…

Are You Prioritizing Emotional Self-Care?
emotional self-care, NewsletterAuthor and self-care expert Renee Trudeau offers a short video on ways to feel more grounded.

Find Hope: Many Things Are True At Once
Mindfulness, Newsletter“Polarity exists so that we may discover the truth beyond this world of duality, which is the ultimate purpose of life.” ~ Dashama Konah Gordon
Around the globe, many are experiencing deep frustration, pain and despair right now. And, some…

If it Doesn’t Flow, Let it Go
Life Balance, Newsletter
“Water is fluid, soft, and yielding. But water will wear away rock, which is rigid and cannot yield. As a rule, whatever is fluid, soft, and yielding will overcome whatever is rigid and hard. This is another paradox: what is soft is strong.”―Lao…

What Is Your Summer Intention (+ 9 ways to say “no”)?
Newsletter, Self-CareGreen was the silence, wet was the light, the month of June trembled like a butterfly. Pablo Neruda
Thursday morning after my forest-based workout, my friend Laura asked me to join her and her kids to pick strawberries. Thinking of the mountains…

3 Ways to Practice Self-Compassion
Newsletter, Self-Care“There is something wonderfully bold and liberating about saying yes to our entire imperfect and messy life.”
― Tara Brach, author, Radical Acceptance
Once I was at a retreat and the facilitator said, "The way we talk to ourselves, is…

Start here. Let’s do this together.
Newsletter, Self-CareLately, I'm noticing my thoughts zipping and pinging madly—much like a tennis match. When I get distracted, off-center and spread too thin, I know that's a sign to pause, take a deep breath and check-in. More than any other practice, the art/science…

The Truth About Self-Care (+ support for these times)
Newsletter, Self-CareThis morning it was cold, raining, the time change was affecting my sleep, I had a stuffy nose and all I wanted to do was pull the covers over my eyes and go back to sleep. Sometimes, more rest is exactly what I need. But this morning, I lovingly…

