Tag Archive for: work-life balance speaker
Do You Have Your Own Back?
Newsletter, support systemThe week before final exams my freshman year in college, my healthy, 44-year-old dad had a massive heart attack. I was devastated. But what saddens me as I look back on that rough time, is that I didn’t reach out for support. Other than sharing…
5 Reasons to Take a Retreat (+ DIY tips)
Newsletter, Spirituality, Women's RetreatsThroughout my twenties and thirties when my chest tightened from overwork and I could feel overwhelm lapping at my door, I would increase my work pace, thinking, “I just need to move faster and get more done.” Much of this stemmed from an…
4 Ways to Practice Self-Compassion
Mindfulness, NewsletterLately, I've been swimming in overwhelm. Occasionally, we all go there. Particularly when we're navigating too many transitions at once (moving/relocating, career/job changes, health challenges, shifts in our financial state, etc.) and our brain…
7 Tips For A More Mindful Holiday Season
Mindfulness, NewsletterLast week, my extended family all hopped on a Zoom call to pause, check-in and share our intentions for this holiday season: what's most important to us during our time together and what we each need right now when it comes to self-care. We…
8 Ways To Embrace Your Shadow
Mindfulness, NewsletterWhile I love celebrating Christmas as a season of light and time of spiritual renewal, sometimes the days before and after this sacred holiday can be a bit dark for me. Between the cold, grey weather, honoring my deceased mother's Dec. 20th…
(Video) Am I Comfortable with Polarities?
Mindfulness, NewsletterYears ago, I started a nonprofit initiative in Austin, TX that focused on supporting parents of teens. Here's the lament that I heard regularly when one of our parent's children was struggling: "It's so hard for me to feel joy or happiness when…
(Video) Am I Comfortable with Polarities?
Mindfulness, NewsletterYears ago, I started a nonprofit initiative in Austin, TX that focused on supporting parents of teens. Here's the lament that I heard regularly when one of our parent's children was struggling: "It's so hard for me to feel joy or happiness when…
(Video) What is Possible When We Let Go?
Mindfulness, Newsletter, Self-CareMy husband and I are in the middle of several huge life transitions. We're pulling up 30-year roots, selling our sweet Austin, TX home and hoping to build a creative dream in the mountains of Western NC. There's much more, but needless to say…
(Video) What is Possible When We Let Go?
Mindfulness, Newsletter, Self-CareMy husband and I are in the middle of several huge life transitions. We're pulling up 30-year roots, selling our sweet Austin, TX home and hoping to build a creative dream in the mountains of Western NC. There's much more, but needless to say…
(Video) Everything You’re Feeling is Valid and Welcome
emotional self-care, NewsletterI sat next to a young college student on the plane the other day coming back from Kripalu. I listened as she talked about her fears and anxieties around her career path and "What's next?" When I got up to leave, I asked her, “Cristina, what…
(Video) Everything You’re Feeling is Valid and Welcome
emotional self-care, NewsletterI sat next to a young college student on the plane the other day coming back from Kripalu. I listened as she talked about her fears and anxieties around her career path and "What's next?" When I got up to leave, I asked her, “Cristina, what…