Tag Archive for: slow living
![](https://reneetrudeau.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/ave-calvar-F6ZrBSmt5Hk-unsplash-495x400.jpg)
Connection = Medicine for the Body, Mind & Soul
emotional self-care, Newsletter, support system I recently led a virtual work-life balance retreat for a group of women leaders. At the end of the day, a participant reached out and tearfully shared, “I had no idea how badly I needed that. Not just the connection with other women, but…
![mindfulness](https://reneetrudeau.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/artur-rutkowski-GdTLaWamFHw-unsplash-495x400.jpg)
7 Ways to Have a More Mindful Vacation
Mindfulness, NewsletterI was visiting with a good friend last week who was feeling exhausted, frustrated and saddened that her recent family vacation was not what she had intended or needed. “We crammed too much in, checked our work email too often and didn’t…
![women's retreat](https://reneetrudeau.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/valiant-made-UrzN-8K1PCE-unsplash-495x400.jpg)
Why Rituals Matter (and where to begin)
Newsletter, Women's RetreatsLife is not a thing to be managed, it is a mystery to be lived. Last weekend my only son graduated from college in Wisconsin. The night before he walked across the stage, my husband and I gathered in an Airbnb with my five siblings—who had…
![mindfulness](https://reneetrudeau.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/IMG_0035-495x400.jpg)
How Do You Make People Feel?
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
It's a big week for my family. My 22 year-old son is graduating from college this…
![mindfulness](https://reneetrudeau.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/annie-spratt-UitqRQD4Z7g-unsplash-495x400.jpg)
Is Your Pace Humane? 8 Ways to Slow Down
Mindfulness, NewsletterOne day I found myself sitting in my car in a downtown Austin parking garage feeling exhausted. All day, I had been juggling traffic, conference calls, schedule changes and work requests from clients. Now, I couldn't find a parking spot, I was…
![mindfulness](https://reneetrudeau.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/getty-images-BE4y-Vdhl4o-unsplash-495x400.jpg)
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…
![self-care](https://reneetrudeau.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/max-vertsanov-Sr5sVt9UG4Q-unsplash-scaled-e1686162066782-495x400.jpg)
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…
![mindfulness](https://reneetrudeau.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/IMG_3222-495x400.jpg)
(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…
![mindfulness](https://reneetrudeau.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/priscilla-du-preez-e6fcNpur53A-unsplash-495x400.jpg)
(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…
![self-care](https://reneetrudeau.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/sheila_mraz-4196-495x400.jpg)
(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…
![self-care](https://reneetrudeau.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/IMG_2703-495x400.jpg)
(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…
![self-care](https://reneetrudeau.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/IMG_2500-495x400.jpg)
(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…