Tag Archive for: self-esteem
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…
When We Do Less, We Experience More
Mindfulness, Newsletter
Last week, I was juggling work deadlines, interviewing interns, wrapping up 2025 contracts and packing up to head out of town for two weeks. On Wednesday morning after my meditation, I looked at my too-full work-day and realized that while…
When We Do Less, We Experience More
Mindfulness, Newsletter
Last week, I was juggling work deadlines, training a new team member and packing up to head out of town. On Wednesday evening, while driving to my community singing class (an hour away), I found myself feeling more and more tired. More than…
4 Ways to Practice Self-Compassion
Mindfulness, NewsletterLately, I've been swimming in overwhelm. Occasionally, we all go there. Particularly when we're navigating too many transitions at once (moving/relocating, career/job changes, health challenges, shifts in our financial state, etc.) and our brain…
Rest is Radical Self-Care: 5 Ways to Begin
Newsletter, Self-Care
This week I’ve carved out Wednesday 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 summer schedule.
Does…
(Video) How Can You Release Anxiety (3 ways to begin)?
Newsletter, Self-Care
“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
This week, I'm getting real about anxiety and anchoring back to…
(Video) How Can You Do Less (to experience more)?
Mindfulness, Newsletter
Last week I was juggling work deadlines, training a new staff member and packing up to head out of town for vacation. One evening, while driving to my community singing class (an hour away), I found myself feeling more and more tired. More…
(Video) What Constitutes A Perfect Day for You?
Newsletter, Self-Care
Over the years, I've learned that how I enter my day is how I do my day. Yesterday, I woke up feeling AMAZING. When I reflected back on the previous 24 hours, I learned a lot about what elements contribute to me having a perfect day (and what…
(Video) What is the Summer Your Soul Desires?
Newsletter, Self-Care
“Green was the silence, wet was the light, the month of June trembled like a butterfly.” ― Pablo Neruda, poet/author
I fell in love with Western North Carolina in summer 2014 when I was in Asheville doing a book signing. I have traveled…
(Video) What Are You Normalizing?
Newsletter, Self-Care
"A habit is a choice that we deliberately make at some point, and then stop thinking about, but continue doing, often every day." Charles Duhigg, author, The Power of Habit
We just returned from visiting our son at college in WI. After…
(Video) Why Slowing Down is a Superpower
Newsletter, Self-Care
“If we would just slow down, happiness would catch up to us.” ― Richard Carlson, Ph.D., author, "Don't Sweat the Small Stuff .... And, It's All Small Stuff."
Feel like everything is moving really fast? Me, too. When I feel my breathing…
(Video) What Do You Need to Heal Right Now?
Newsletter, Self-Care“The wound is the place where the Light enters you.” ― Rumi
I believe we're just beginning to understand how the pandemic has affected our individual and collective psyches and how it has served as a catalyst--personally and professionally--for…