You may have heard the old southern expression “Don’t fix it if it ain’t broke.” This summer, I took away a wonderful lesson in leaving well enough alone when it comes to my own work-life balance. Since I’m a big believer in creating routines that provide ongoing self-care, I have quite a few [...]

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In honor of my mother, and all the other resilient moms out there, I’m giving away the digital “Daily Do-ables: Creative Stress Solutions for Busy Women.” This unique subscription ebook will arrive each wee in your inbox for 52 weeks!
Can you use a little effortless stress relief and [...]

Imagine all of your goals and desires as the seeds you have planted in a garden. These have now sprouted with the spring rains and it’s time to tend to their needs. When the temperatures dip, they may need cover; or when the skies remain cloud-free for too long, they’ll need you to water them. [...]

For just a couple of weeks a year, the leaves rain down in colors here, and I delight in picking them up. I gather handfuls of these sunny yellow, burnt umber, mocha, red and toasted orange “jewels.” Like treasured seashells from a beach, I pick and choose as I walk along, crunching an autumn tune [...]

On a recent call with a client, I was reminded of yet another way we sometimes auto-pilot. This one can be hard to notice as it sneaks up on us while we walk down our positive growth path.
There we are, strolling along, alert for meaningful signs, patterns- -anything that may stretch our self-awareness- when “poof” [...]

The other day a client asked me how I pick up on “shoulds” so easily. She has been working on more conscious decision making by noticing how often she decides something based on how she thinks something should be done, or should look. I told her that like everyone, I learned to spot my own [...]

Sometimes we may need to help a party come to a close, and sometimes they just end. This time it was both.
I recently chose to put off my visit to San Francisco, a favorite place of mine. A large part of my trip was to be spent with my brother, but his plans changed and [...]

I love coffee. The smell…the taste…even the sound of the beans grinding makes my mouth water. I drink it almost daily. (I’m having some now.)
For many years I went beyond enjoying to using, past using to abusing. I justified it to either jump-start me in my afternoon dip, or push me awake in the morning. [...]