Welcome to my blog, where I write about my own lessons in life and the things that have made an impression on me.
What are we doing with the metaphorical spaces between the parts of our lives? Sure, there’s every reason to combine parts of our lives — after all, it wasn’t long ago that I realized that I couldn’t put a space between my coaching life and my personal life, so I just stopped trying. But where can we make space between the people, the work, the play in our lives?
Read MoreEven for those who are a little iffy on the chakra system – I was one of those people! – breaking the body up into segments to focus on self-care is something that we can all get behind.
Read MoreYou have a story to tell, a hand to lend – and only you can do it in your unique way. Only you have lived with your particular challenges and only you have lived with your heart’s passion. That passion should be shared with the world!
Read MoreBeing Zen about life is so much easier said than done. The problem is, you can’t just turn stress off. You have to train yourself through practice to respond to situations differently. Some people choose yoga, going to the gym, playing music, or meditation as a way to relax. For me, nothing is quite like meditation.
Read MoreAccording to research published in Psychological Science, when our mind wanders, we’re engaging in “creative incubation.” It’s a time to brainstorm new ideas or to let our brains work through a problem while we just kind of lose ourselves in a daydream.
Read More"I need me." It doesn't matter what other people need from me. I need me first. I need me to support me, to foster my desires and dreams, to give myself a break. Yes, that grammar is atrocious, but it gets the point across.
Read MoreI know happy people who are so vivacious and full of energy that you wonder who spiked their coffee with extra caffeine. I know other happy people who usually have a quiet, content look on their face. And I know plenty of happy people who fluctuate between the two states. It doesn't mean that one person is happier than the other, or that one happiness is more valid that the other.
Read MoreChakra means wheel or disk, and you've probably heard all about them in a yoga class or maybe even in a meditation context (it depends on the modality). In these contexts, chakra refers to wheels of energy in the body, most of which run along the spine. These spinning wheels all have their own color and spin on their own and together with the other chakras. When I work to clear my chakras, I visualize spinning disks that each glow with their own color.
Read MoreNo matter how much mindfulness work I’ve done, no matter how many body-positive meditations I’ve participated in either as student or teacher – I still pick out the little insignificant imperfections in my pictures. But to my daughter, I am beautiful. Just as I am.
Read MoreMy first experience with meditation was pivotal. I was a skeptic. Raised in a very conservative Southern Baptist home, my spiritual awakening was always tempered with a voice in the back of my head that told me anything with roots in other parts of the world was bad. But my longtime friend was teaching the class and I had witnessed a change in her that I couldn’t deny. She is also pragmatic and someone I trust, so I thought, why not?
Read MoreThe lesson here is that if we’re just going through life and accomplishing the task at hand quickly to move on to the next one, then we’re missing out on the present.
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