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8 Ways To Embrace Your Shadow
Mindfulness, NewsletterWhile I love celebrating Christmas as a season of light and time of spiritual renewal, sometimes the days before and after this sacred holiday can be a bit dark for me. Between the cold, grey weather, honoring my deceased mother's Dec. 20th…
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(Video) Can I Honor My Shadow AND My Light?
emotional self-care, Newsletter
“Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift.” Mary Oliver
This week is typically my heaviest of the year emotionally. Between the arrival of the Winter Solstice Dec. 21…
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(Video) Pause. How Do You Want to BE this Holiday Season?
Mindfulness, Newsletter
When we were teenagers, my brother Kert used to dance around the house singing, "It's beginning to look a lot like stress-mas, everywhere you turn ... " Growing up, we used humor in our household to keep things real!
As we balance the light…
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5 Ways to Experience Rest & Renewal This Holiday
Mindfulness, Newsletter
Yesterday I spent an hour with my December calendar--not penciling things in, but revisiting pending events and making intentional choices that support a more open, spacious, restorative winter schedule.
Does the thought of hanging lights…
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9 Ways To Embrace Your Shadow
Mindfulness, NewsletterWhile I love celebrating Christmas as a season of light and time of spiritual renewal, sometimes the days before and after this sacred holiday can be a bit dark for me. Between the cold, grey weather, honoring my deceased mother's…
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When you don’t feel like doing anything
Newsletter, Self-CareMe: I am so tired. I feel like I should go back to bed. Not sure what I should do.
My husband: Go back to bed.
This is a text between my husband and me yesterday morning. I had slept OK, was not sick AND had a full day ahead of me, yet…
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Rest
Work Life Balance
As I'm juggling summer camp logistics for my son, final editing on my new book, retreat prep/facilitation, managing business details and interviewing/training staff I find myself spiking with envy when I see my friends summer vacation photos.
Last…