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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…

If it Doesn’t Flow, Let it Go
Life Balance, 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 another paradox: what is soft is strong.”―Lao…

Connection = Medicine for Body, Mind & Soul
emotional self-care, Newsletter, support system
I recently led a virtual work-life alignment retreat for a group of women leaders. At the end of the half-day workshop, a participant reached out and tearfully shared, “I had no idea how badly I needed that. Not just the connection with other…

Want to Feel More Free? Start Here
living intentionally, Mindfulness, NewsletterAuthor and self-care expert Renee Trudeau offers a short video on ways to feel more grounded.

What Does It Mean to Live Intentionally?
living intentionally, Mindfulness, NewsletterI believe that one of the most powerful ways to live purposefully and stay connected to what matters most is to live intentionally. To live from the inside-out.
Do you ever wonder how all the day-to-day choices you make, big and small, add…

Ever Taken a Solo Date? Here are My 5 Favs
Newsletter, Self-CareThree hours of free time have just "fallen" into your lap. What would you do?
This happened to me last Friday and my first thought was, "A movie is an option, but there's nothing I really want to see." After sitting on the couch reflecting…

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…

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…

Holding it Together is Overrated
Newsletter, Self-CareAs the oldest of seven and the product of overachiever parents, I'm known as a hyper-competent woman
"who always has answers and knows where she’s going,” the go-to girl and the person who always seems to have it together.
And, as I move…

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…
Tag Archive for: WNC
