Tag Archive for: retreat

What is being illuminated for you NOW?
Mindfulness, NewsletterRecently at a porch happy hour with a few friends I asked, "What have you learned about yourself in the last year and what in your life is wanting to shift?" The responses were diverse but passionate. It was clear everyone had been doing some…

If you don’t feel it, you can’t heal it
Newsletter, Self-CareI love Fred Rogers' line from from the wonderful movie based on his life, "Anything that's human is mentionable, and anything that is mentionable can be more manageable. When we can talk about (and feel) our feelings, they become less overwhelming,…

The only 2021 new year’s resolution you’ll need!
living intentionally, NewsletterWhenever 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.

Considering therapy? Read this first.
emotional self-care, NewsletterWhenever 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.

3 questions to help you feel freer (+ end suffering)
MindfulnessLast month I received some news that was quite painful. But in the week that followed, my thoughts around what had occurred were downright tortuous. Until, in a Nia dance class, I heard my Wise Self say loud and clear, “Renee, don’t create more pain for yourself than is necessary.” This stopped me in my tracks. It helped me to realize my role in what was happening.

Connection = good medicine. Are you getting yours?
emotional self-care, NewsletterI recently led a virtual work-life balance retreat for a group of women leaders. At the end of the day, a participant reached out to and tearfully shared, “I had no idea how badly I needed that. Not just the connection with other women, but…

How I learned to mother myself
Self-Care
There's been a lot of belly button gazing in our house this past week. My adolescent son told me on Friday, "I'm thinking a lot about my life right now," my introspective husband is taking a class where he's contemplating our relationship…

What Does Self-Care Mean to You? (…and our winner!)
Self-Care
We received more than 300 entries into the Year-of-Self-Care Retreat Giveaway and as I sat reading these moving, inspiring, wise, sometimes funny and very real
shares--in response to "What Does Self-Care Mean to Me?"-- what touched me deeply…

Pause
Self-Care I was recently visiting with a friend and reminded her I’d be gone this coming weekend to attend a women’s retreat.
I could see her pause for a while, before she replied (we had just been discussing how challenging it can be on a family…

Mystery
Work Life Balance Photo: I shot this photo in the Santa Elena Canyon on our last hike in Big Bend National Park before heading back to Austin. All week I kept telling my family how badly I wanted to see a snake on our trip. This guy poked his head of a stream…

Simplicity
Self-CareOne of our favorite family activities is to visit the Sunset Valley Farmer’s Market each Saturday morning, choose some yummy things to eat for the day/week and come home and enjoy a wonderful leisurely lunch together.
This past Saturday,…

Alive
Life BalanceAlthough it’s been challenging juggling everything this month, I am really enjoying my January writing sabbatical. And, it’s headed in a completely different direction than I had thought—but I’ll save that for another time.
Creating…