I’m back– and feeling fine.

When life seems to throw too much at us at once, it may not matter if we have a bag full of tools to manage stress. What matters is if we are getting what we need so we can balance what’s coming our way.

I tend to be the one [...]

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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. [...]

Stephen Covey once said, “One word expresses the pathway to greatness: voice. Those on this path find their voice and inspire others to find theirs.”
In my experience, solo-flying women need to find two voices: their outer voice and their inner voice. The outer voice seems to get the most attention, but it’s the inner voice [...]

It’s that time of year!
And it’s easy to find you’ve added so much more to your days in an attempt to bring joy to others. But extreme exhaustion doesn’t always have to roll in with the new year…
Even if you are hosting a houseful of people for the holidays (and they stay for a week), [...]

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 [...]

Okay, I’m officially back from holiday. I worked some real magic since returning. I have managed to keep from feeling like I was actually back until… well, yesterday. How did I manage that when my children’s schools and my client appointments (and the rest of my life) jumped back to normal days before? Very carefully.
You [...]

Today was all about output. The last three weeks, in fact. All this creative energy harvesting has left me with an all-day-outside kind of tired. At first, it just hung on me, pulling me toward horizontal surfaces. Then it crawled inside me and began to fog my thinking. I could have auto-piloted into push-through mode [...]

A good stretch always feels good, right? So, why not stretch beyond the typical spring cleaning thoughts that saturate us this time of year? As bursting botanicals freshen the air, why not invite this season of change to go to your head? How? By adding simple things that not only cure the commonplace, but also [...]