Tag Archive for: self-love

(Video) Where Are You Finding Spiritual Renewal this Holiday?
Newsletter, Spiritual Renewal, Spiritual Self-careI woke up this morning craving the powerful music of Handel's Messiah. I grew up with a mother who was a gifted classical musician and this piece would permeate our home during the month of December. I listen to the Messiah at high volume and…

(Video) 5 Tips for Finding Rest & Renewal this Holiday
Newsletter, Self-Care"If we're tired we think something is wrong. Nothing is wrong. We're just tired and need rest. Sometimes a lot of it, if we've gone for years vetoing our body's signals. ~ Dr. Claudia Welch This past weekend I could not get enough naps. I was…

(Video) 4 Ways to Find Balance During December
Newsletter, Work Life Balance"Beware of a sense of urgency," (wise words from a wonderful mindfulness coach I worked with in the 90s) floated across my mind this weekend as I glanced at my December schedule. Looking at everything I need to do in the next 30 days to move…

3 Tips for Having Your Best Thanksgiving Ever
Newsletter, Self-CareMy husband and I are looking forward to some downtime with friends and family this week. We're also pausing before we head to (or host) gatherings to ask: what do we most need right now and how can we make these experiences as intentional, joyful…

You Are Not a Self-Improvement Project
Newsletter, Self-CareOne Sunday morning, I was lying in bed reading from author Anne Lamott's beautiful little book Small Victories. In one of her stories about parenting, she shares with a little self-deprecation, but mostly tenderness, how she doesn't bake for…

(Video) How Are You Caring for Your Heart?
emotional self-care, Newsletter“In your light I learn how to love. In your beauty, how to make poems. You dance inside my chest where no-one sees you, but sometimes I do, and that sight becomes this art.” ― Rumi
Whew, last week was an intense one for me. I was navigating…

8 Tips for Re-Balancing & Finding Your Center
Mindfulness, NewsletterRecently I led a virtual self-care workshop for parents in the communications field. Most are navigating working from home, a changing educational landscape and parenting in uncertain times. Erin, one of the attendees, shared with me through…

What does self-care mean to you?
Self-Care Last week I connected with some powerful national presenters and we discussed the concept of self-care. Like many, they see self-care as something you "should do" for your physical health (exercise, eat well, get enough sleep), but that's…

I Choose Love … Again
Self-Care I vividly remember an afternoon fourteen years ago when I was living in an apartment in central Austin with my husband-to-be, curled up in front of the fireplace reading my dad's old, weathered copy of Return to Love by author/teacher Marianne…

I Choose Love
Self-CareTwelve years ago, right before I got married, I vividly remember living in an apartment in central Austin with my husband-to-be and reading Return to Love by Marianne Williamson. The book’s messages changed my life. The core theme that I…

Love the One You’re With
Self-Care Love the one you’re with and that would be you. Bryon Katie, author I’m about to overflow with insights and revelations. If I didn’t have so many deadlines this week, I’d grab my journal and pens, head for the nearest cave with a…

I Love My Body
Self-CareI celebrated my 45th birthday over this past weekend. But I didn’t feel social (unusual for me). I just felt a strong pull to nest, rest and reflect—read more—so much so that I cancelled my long-anticipated workshop with Shiva Rea and…