Tag Archive for: women’s retreat
Are you stingy with your love? (+Win a retreat!)
Self-Care
This spring marked the 19-year anniversary of my mom’s passing. Healthy and active, she died at age 60 from congestive heart failure as a result of a sudden, serious case of the flu leaving behind six children ages 19 to 34.She’s been on my mind--and in my dreams--a lot lately. I really miss her.
Do You Need a Fresh Perspective?
MeditationI’m having a lot of “not good enough” thoughts come up right now around parenting. Some days, all I can do is take it hour by hour, breathe and pray. My productivity at work has suffered and I’m finding myself hopping on the worry train way too often.
5 ways to find rest & renewal this holiday
Mindfulness, Self-CareYesterday I spent an hour with my December calendar--not penciling things in, but cancelling pending events and making choices that supported a more open, spacious, restorative winter schedule.
Does the thought of hanging lights and attending…
Self-care is a journey, not a destination
Self-Care
This past weekend my husband and I celebrated our wedding anniversary. We got married 16 years ago, thirty days after my healthy 60 year-old mother died suddenly from the flu. My father had died four years earlier at age 56 from a heart…
Choosing to let go
Mindfulness
One time my husband was headed out of town to attend a national conference. As I was driving him to the airport, he casually mentioned he would be making a key presentation to his colleagues and asked if I had any quick tips. This really…
What is uniquely yours to do?
Self-Care, Women's Retreats
“I don't want to live in the kind of world where we don't look out for each other. Not just the people that are close to us, but anybody who needs a helping hand. I can’t change the way anybody else thinks, or what they choose to do,…
What’s your vision for how you want to live?
Self-Care, Women's Retreats
If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable. Seneca
Most people are surprised to hear that I love making a big pot of minestrone soup for my family and neighbors as much as I love getting invited to go to India…
9 ways to say no
Self-Care
Things which matter most should never be at the mercy of things which matter least. Goethe
It's October. That time of year when many of us feel like we're running from one thing to the next and there's barely time to catch our breath.
As…
5 ways I’d love to support you right now
Life & Career Coaching, Life Balance
Because you are alive, everything is possible. Thich Nhat Hanh
My husband and I have been experiencing some communication bumps over the last week or two. We've been stuck in some old ways of relating and have been having a hard time…
Are you at a threshold, too?
Self-Care, Women's Retreats
THRESHOLD noun/thresh·old/ˈthresh-ˌhōld: the starting point for a new state or experience.
Yesterday we attended a moving "Ceremony of 13" at our church for my teenage son. Cultures around the world share a tradition of marking…
7 reasons I practice self-care
Self-Care
I was recently at a dinner party and found myself in a corner with a heart surgeon discussing the concept of self-care. Like many in healthcare, she saw self-care as something you “should do” for your physical health (exercise, eat well,…
Tag Archive for: women’s retreat
Self-Care Summit ~ “The Power of YOU: Cultivating a Daily Self-Care Practice” ~ May 10-16
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