Tag Archive for: women’s retreat
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I Choose Love … Again
Self-Care I vividly remember an afternoon fourteen years ago when I was living in an apartment in central Austin with my husband-to-be, curled up in front of the fireplace reading my dad's old, weathered copy of Return to Love by author/teacher Marianne…
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What Does Self-Care Mean to You? (…and our winner!)
Self-Care We received more than 300 entries into the Year-of-Self-Care Retreat Giveaway and as I sat reading these moving, inspiring, wise, sometimes funny and very real
shares--in response to "What Does Self-Care Mean to Me?"-- what touched me deeply…
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Is Ms. Balance Out of Balance?
Work Life Balance My back and shoulders hurt from too much computer time. I’m not sleeping great (too many late nights online). My mind is too busy. I’m more reactive. And, I’m not as present as I’d like to be with my family and friends. “When are…
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A Grateful Heart
Self-CareI was flipping through our family calendar this morning, which is filled with quotes from Pema Chodron, to see what’s scheduled for May. The quote from her book The Places that Scare You, jumped out at me: “Rejoicing in ordinary things…
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We Need Each Other
Women's Empowerment Yesterday afternoon my nine year old ran away from home. He only went 2 blocks. He was barefoot and was carrying a cigar box filled with a Whole Earth Provision gift card, fifteen dollars and a birthday gift certificate from his uncle for…
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Letting Go
Self-CareAs I write the theme for this post in the subject line above, I can feel half my body applauding loudly and the other half saying, “Really?!” Sitting at my desk at work right now surrounded by tax forms, to-do lists, contracts to review…
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The Void
SpiritualityOne of my dearest friends in in the void. She is gestating “what’s next” in her life, but to her, it just feels like she’s stuck. And restless. And bored. And dissatisfied with everything-- work/relationship/home. And she might even…
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Digesting
Mindfulness, Self-Care di•ges•tion (di jes′c̸hən, dī-);
noun; the absorption of ideas.
I recently listened to a radio interview with acclaimed historian Doris Kearns Goodwin, author of Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln.
She said that…
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Anchoring
Self-CareMany of our clients, my friends and family have expressed lately that they feel extremely untethered. There seems to be a large contingency of us that feel as if we’re in the middle of a big storm in choppy waters and we’re not quite sure…
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The Great Wide Open
Work Life Balance I facilitated a Career Strategy Workshop this past Saturday morning for a wonderful group of men and women in their late thirties to late fifties at various life stages. I continue to offer this workshop (I’ve been doing it since 2005) because…