Tag Archive for: self-renewal

Pause. Are You Honoring Your Journey?
Newsletter, Self-Care"And, there was a new voice which you slowly recognized as your own, that kept you company as you strode deeper and deeper into the world, determined to do the only thing you could do—determined to save the only life you could save." ~Mary…

Pause. Are You Honoring Your Journey?
Newsletter, Self-Care"And, there was a new voice which you slowly recognized as your own, that kept you company as you strode deeper and deeper into the world, determined to do the only thing you could do—determined to save the only life you could save." ~Mary…

Brain Need a Break? Take a Digital Detox
Mindfulness, NewsletterI recently unplugged for a week to give my brain a rest. I put away my laptop, stayed off TV/screens, and I used my phone only for essential tasks—it was on sabbatical for most of the day. I spent my offline time tending to my herb garden…

Is Your Pace Sustainable? Release the Need for Speed
Mindfulness, NewsletterLast week I found myself sitting in my car in a downtown parking garage feeling exhausted. All day I had been juggling traffic, conference calls, schedule changes and work requests from my team. Now, I couldn't find a parking spot, I was late…

Feeling Overwhelmed? Try Incremental Self-Care
Newsletter, Self-CareLast week, I was visiting with a dear friend who just started an intense graduate program. She also works full-time and is juggling family demands. Her life feels uber-full, and it's often hard for her to make it to a yoga class, to the hiking…

Self-Care is Not Self-Improvement
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…

This Week: How Do You Want to Be?
Mindfulness, Newsletter“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” ― Maya Angelou
My week is extremely full with meetings, presentations, classes, social gatherings…

Your Life: A Poem or A To-Do List?
Mindfulness, Newsletter“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.” – Oscar Wilde
Do you live your life as if it's a poem or a to-do list? Life is not a thing to be managed, it's a mystery to be lived. Sometimes we need to remind…

The Only New Year’s Resolution We Need
Newsletter, Self-CareDuring a family holiday trip to Texas, we watched an apocalyptic thriller about cyber-attacks, survival and class/racial tension. As the story unfolds there are countless times when the two families who are thrown together to navigate numerous…

Why Kindness Matters and 3 Ways to Begin
Newsletter, Self-CareOne time while leading a workshop in California, my teaching assistant and I had a rude, jarring experience with another presenter. We later found out he had recently lost his partner. Consequently, our hearts softened and our perspective of…
Tag Archive for: self-renewal

October 24-26th ~ Soul Tending: Cultivating Grace, Power and Intuition ~ A Women’s Self-Renewal Retreat at Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health
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March 20-22nd, 2026 ~ Awakening Your Wild Soul 1440 ~ A Women’s Self-Renewal Retreat at 1440 Multiversity
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