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What Would Your Wise Self Say?

This past weekend I took Saturday off for a personal retreat. I sat in front of the fireplace at my friend's empty home surrounded by art supplies, my 2022 journals and my cozy sherpa blanket. I meditated, practiced yoga, drew, journaled,…

The Only 2023 New Year’s Resolution You’ll Need

Career Coaching, Newsletter

The last three years have been some of the happiest of my life. I’m living in a gorgeous rural area near the oldest mountain range in the world, I’ve chosen a more creative work path that is deeply aligned with my passions, I’m stretching…

Why Kindness Matters (and where to begin)

Newsletter, Self-Care

Last month while leading a workshop on the west coast, 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 perspective of the episode shifted.…

Crazy Busy Schedule? Try Incremental Self-Care

Newsletter, Self-Care

Last week I was visiting with my brother, a management consultant. He just took on a new client, he has a toddler with special needs and a blended family, he travels for work and he’s working in an uber fast-paced industry. We talked about…

Could Meditation Be Your Sanity Saver? 5 Ways to Begin

Mindfulness, Newsletter

I feel edgy, unsettled and a bit anxious. Between navigating several big life transitions, a move to a new home and some unexpected changes in my business--I’m not feeling too grounded. So rather than slide into my typical MO of over-doing,…

(Video) Do You Push or Allow Things to Happen?

Mindfulness, Newsletter

“Water is fluid, soft, and yielding. But water will wear away rock, which is rigid and cannot yield. As a rule, whatever is fluid, soft, and yielding will overcome whatever is rigid and hard. This is a paradox: what is soft is strong.”―…

(Video) How Can I Calm My Mind?

Mindfulness, Newsletter

"I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet." Mahatma Gandhi Recently I had an ah-hah about my body, mind and nervous system and how a new unhealthy habit was affecting my sleep, ability to release worry and stress,…

7 Reasons to Choose Love Over Fear

Mindfulness, Newsletter, Self-Care

I remember a few years ago showing up at my local polling place to vote and seeing a long line wrap around the building. The anxiety in and around the voting space was thick and palpable. After ten minutes of waiting, I almost turned around…

We Have to Feel It to Heal It

Life Balance, Mindfulness

How comfortable are you "feeling uncomfortable feelings?" During my 20's and 30's I experienced my parent's divorce, my brother's suicide, and the death of my mother and father. All of the pain, sadness, betrayal, anger and abandonment…

5 Things I Tell My Friends in Transition

Featured, Newsletter, Self-Care

In 1999 right before I went out on my own to launch my first coaching/consulting firm, I remember feeling frustrated, stuck and anxious at my job as a marketing communications director. I was ready for a BIG change, I just wasn't sure which…