Tag Archive for: self-love
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…
Exquisite Self-Care
Self-Care Last night we had some friends over for dinner and I ate something that I’ve been off of for about six weeks. And, it made me feel like crap. My husband would say—since my dairy and wheat intolerances manifest as emotional disequilibrium---I…
What Would Your Wise Self Say?
Life Balance I am the oldest of seven children and at the ripe old age of 44, the matriarch of our family. (My parents died suddenly in their fifties, all our grandparents have passed and we have no living aunts or uncles.)
Out of the six of us who are…
A Soft Place to Fall
Self-Care“Your ordinary self is enough.” Carol Orsborn, author/speaker
I recently spoke at a national women’s conference and had a wonderful conversation with a woman from South Africa who leads groups for domestic violence survivors in PA. We…