Tag Archive for: spiritual teacher
Could Meditation Be Your Sanity Saver? 5 Ways to Begin
Meditation, NewsletterI live in Western North Carolina, an area in the Blue Ridge Mountains that was recently hit with catastrophic flooding caused by Hurricane Helene. The "1,000 year flood," was fueled by unprecedented climate change shifts. We've been in the national…
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…
7 Reasons to Choose Love Over Fear
Newsletter, Self-CareI remember a few years ago pulling 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…
Crazy Busy Schedule? Try Incremental Self-Care
Newsletter, Self-CareLast 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, NewsletterI 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-CareI 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…
7 reasons to choose love over fear today
Mindfulness, NewsletterLast week I took advantage of early voting. The location I showed up had a long line. The anxiety in and around the voting space was thick and palpable. After ten minutes of waiting, I almost turned around and left.
The tension and nervousness,…
Spirituality
Spirituality I had a very unusual upbringing (read more). My parents were what most people would call spiritual “seekers.”
Questions about how we connect to our divinity or the sacred --what most people refer to as spirituality--were constantly on…