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mindfulness

How Do You Make People Feel?

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“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 It's a big week for my family. My 22 year-old son is graduating from college this…
mindfulness

Is Your Pace Humane? 8 Ways to Slow Down

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One day I found myself sitting in my car in a downtown Austin parking garage feeling exhausted. All day, I had been juggling traffic, conference calls, schedule changes and work requests from clients. Now, I couldn't find a parking spot, I was…
women's retreats

What Do You Need This Summer (+ 9 ways to say “no”)?

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Last Thursday morning after my nature-based workout, my friend Laura asked me to join her and her kids to pick strawberries. Thinking of the mountains of emails and event contracts that awaited me and before, “No, I have to get to my office,”…
mindfulness

Don’t Believe Everything You Think!

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“The truth is, we don’t know what’s going to happen—we just think we do. Often we make a big deal out of something. We blow up scenarios in our minds about all the terrible things that are going to happen. Most of the time we are wrong.…
self-care

Want to Prioritize Self-Care? 3 Ways to Begin

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Last week I spoke at a women’s life balance event and afterwards I visited with an attendee who asked, “I know self-care is important, but I have no idea what I need and I’m not even sure where to start!” Can you relate?
mindfulness

When We Change Our Perspective, We Change Our Thoughts

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Last week a dear friend was lamenting about how overwhelmed and exhausted she was feeling. She was being critical about her perceived inability to "manage it all." I listened quietly, gave her a long hug and asked," Have you perhaps forgotten…
work-life balance

Is Your Pace Sustainable (+ 9 ways to say no)?

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Recently while I was at Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health leading a women's retreat, I met an executive who was the dean at a large medical school. She said they had just added a class on work-life balance and resiliency to their medical school curriculum. But she wonders if her young doctors in training will see the value of this course for their patients–and themselves– as they navigate their intense pace.
mindfulness

Many Things Are True At Once

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Shakespeare said, “Nothing is either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.” Around the globe, many of us are experiencing deep frustration, pain and despair right now. Others are expanding joyfully into radical new ways of being and seeing.…
support system

Do You Have Your Own Back?

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The 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…
self-care

The Only New Year’s Resolution You’ll Need

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My husband and I just finished an exhausting cross-country move from Austin, TX to the mountains of Western, NC. On the last night of the move, we needed some mindless TV and streamed Leave the World Behind, an apocalyptic thriller about cyber…

(Video) Where Are You Finding Spiritual Renewal this Holiday?

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I woke up this morning craving the powerful music of Handel's Messiah. I grew up with a mother who was a gifted classical musician and this piece would permeate our home during the month of December. I listen to the Messiah at high volume and…
women's retreat

(Video) 5 Tips for Finding Rest & Renewal this Holiday

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"If we're tired we think something is wrong. Nothing is wrong. We're just tired and need rest. Sometimes a lot of it, if we've gone for years vetoing our body's signals. ~ Dr. Claudia Welch This past weekend I could not get enough naps. I was…
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