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A Few Thoughts on Women’s Mental Health
I had a thought-provoking chat on the radio with Jaime Lewis this week. Jaime and I have known of one another for quite some time and share several mutual friends. We’d only met once before, but instantly connected around our many shared...
Start Small
Three Lessons from
a 30-Day Yoga Challenge
Real truth: I’ve had an on and off relationship with yoga my entire adult life.
But this January, I did ALL the yoga. I did a 30 day yoga challenge with my sister and then I also signed up for a 6-week Yin Yoga class series. I learned...
Has your Dry January experiment ended prematurely? Or perhaps you thought about doing Dry January, but never took the jump? Maybe you don’t have any intention to try to stay sober for 31 days, but you have thought it might be good to cut back on your drinking… maybe something...
Ah, the New Year! A fresh year, with the opportunity to try something new, change something old, or look at things differently. As much of the country is finally getting a nice, fresh blanket of snow, the idea of a clean, fresh start is appealing.
Are you one of the people who decided to begin...
Have you noticed how there’s this frenetic vibe that seems to come with the holidays? Even before we get to Thanksgiving, we’re being bombarded with “early Black Friday sales” and the pressure to buy buy buy.
Then there's the focus on perfection - the perfect gift, the...
I am grateful for the abundance that surrounds me and continues to grow.
“What separates privilege from entitlement is gratitude.”
~Brené Brown
Do you get ever stuck thinking you just don’t have enough?
Enough time, enough money, enough love, enough space, enough...
My wisdom comes from my life experience.
“The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty."
~Winston Churchill
Do you often obsess about your regrets or mistakes in life?
Or feel that life has thrown you a few too many curveballs?
...
I am not defined by others’ opinions of me.
“Other people’s opinion of you does not have to become your reality.”
~Les Brown
The secret to loving yourself and loving your life starts with letting go of others’ expectations of you.
Too often, I work with...
I work to build a stable sense of trust in myself.
"Authenticity is a collection of choices that we have to make every day."
~Brené Brown
Do you trust yourself?
I find that so many of the people I work with try to motivate themselves by telling themselves over and over again that...
Every day, I am moving closer to the life I desire.
"Every day brings new choices."
~Martha Beck
What direction is your life moving in?
Are the decisions you make and actions you take pointing you toward the life you’ve always dreamed of?
Or are they actually making it harder for...
I am supported as I learn new lessons.
"The expert in anything was once a beginner."
~Helen Hayes
It’s a new day. A new week. And a new month.
What new things will you challenge yourself to learn this month?
There are exactly 53 days left in 2023. Reflecting back, what...
I am already the person I wish to become.
"Believe you can,
and you're halfway there."
~Theodore Roosevelt
Do you ever feel like who you hope to become someday is far away - almost out of your reach?
Perhaps you feel so unhappy with your current self that the idea of change feels hard...
