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Are You Owning Your Personal Power? Eight Ways to Begin
Newsletter, Self-CareAuthor/speaker Renee Trudeau offers women 8 ways to reclaim their power.
Struggling? Start with Self-Compassion
Newsletter, self-compassionLast week I was swimming in overwhelm. Occasionally, we all go there. Particularly when we're navigating too many transitions or challenges at once (i.e. moving/relocating, career/job changes, natural disasters, health challenges, shifts in…
Permission Granted to Do Less
Life Balance, Mindfulness, NewsletterAlmost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you. -Author Anne Lamott
I'm hearing from clients and friends around the country that they are having trouble focusing and feeling productive. Most share they…
Could Meditation Be Your Sanity Saver? 5 Ways to Begin
Meditation, NewsletterI live in Western North Carolina, an area in the Blue Ridge Mountains that was recently hit with catastrophic flooding caused by Hurricane Helene. The "1,000 year flood," was fueled by unprecedented climate change shifts. We've been in the national…
What is Your Life Trying to Tell You?
Life & Career Coaching, NewsletterRecently, while leading a work/life alignment workshop for small business owners, I spoke with a long-time entrepreneur who shared she was getting signs that it was time to let her business go. She was ready to harness and redirect her energy…
6 Things to Do When Life Feels Hard
Newsletter, Self-CareMany people are struggling right now and some are barely keeping their heads above water. I was visiting with a dear friend last week whose wife was just diagnosed with lung cancer. He's feeling depressed, overwhelmed and is running on fumes. …
7 Back-to-School Strategies to Support More Flow
Mindfulness, NewsletterIt’s 1976. I’m in fifth grade and standing by our front door with my red plaid backpack. My eyes scanning, I watch my four younger brothers dart from room to room. My stomach is in knots. It’s 7:45 a.m. We should have left fifteen minutes…
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 Ways to Quell Your Anxiety
Mindfulness, Newsletter“Perhaps the biggest tragedy of our lives is that freedom is possible, yet we can pass our years trapped in the same old patterns.” -Tara Brach, author of Radical Acceptance
Are you normalizing stress? Everywhere I turn men and women are…
5 Ways to Have Your Best Day Ever
living intentionally, NewsletterLately, my schedule has been really erratic. I’ve been traveling and some of my typical, nourishing daily routines took a back seat. But, the one thing I stick to as much as possible—no matter where I am—is entering the day intentionally.
Why? Because…
Yes. Many Things Are True At Once
Mindfulness, NewsletterShakespeare said, “Nothing is either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.” Perspective is everything.
Around the country, many are experiencing deep frustration, pain and despair right now. Others are expanding hopefully into what is…
Find Peace of Mind: Take a Digital Detox
Mindfulness, NewsletterI recently took a week off from work to unplug (no computer use, email, TV/movies and only minimal essential phone use). I spent the time pulling weeds in the early morning, journaling, doing creative visioning for my business, taking evening…