Tag Archive for: slow living
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8 ways to enjoy a stress-free vacation
Self-Care Recently our family was invited to visit friends for the weekend at their cabin on the river a couple hour’s drive from our house. Two days before we were going to leave, my husband and I were frantically creating lists of all the…
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Slowing Down On the Inside
Work Life BalanceLast week I attended a parenting workshop at my son’s elementary school on peace-based education. The seminar offered kids and parents models for conflict resolution and ideas on how to more mindfully navigate our relationships. The entire…
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Staying Slow When Everything’s Fast
Life Balance Last Friday evening I became aware I was allowing someone I was working with to have too much say over how I was feeling. I was giving this relationship--a relatively new one--too much weight, too much power. And I didn't like how this was…
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Slow Down You Move Too Fast!
Life Balance This weekend I found myself frequently humming, "Slow down, you move too fast ..." Lately, it feels like life is moving too fast. A month feels like a week--a week, like a day. Saturday night we really felt the effects of this. My…
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Doing vs. Being
Work Life BalanceThis is the time of year that many of us feel more like human doings than human beings. Yesterday afternoon, my husband and son went out to work on costumes for one of my husband’s upcoming Samba School gigs. I had been looking forward to…
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Right Here, Right Now
Self-CareFollowing a rich, connective one-day self-renewal retreat I facilitated on Friday, I attended and volunteered at GenAustin’s statewide We Are Girls Conference at the Ann Richards School for Girls all day Saturday. It was an emotionally intense…
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Being Present
Self-CareI love it when the Universe calls me up to the plate, puts a bat in my hands, throws me a big old curve ball and sees how I’m going to react. I’m really getting the opportunity to practice what I preach right now. My husband was layed…
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What’s Your Speed Limit This Summer?
Self-CareThanks for all the great dialogue from my last post on Relationships. I really enjoyed your insights and comments on relationships on our Live Inside Out community. If you'd like some great relationship tips, sign up to get my monthly Life…