-
10 Tips For Taming Your Tension
Feeling a bit overwhelmed on the inside? A trip outside may be just what you need. When you immerse yourself in nature, what do you feel? How about when you get away from the city for a few days or just go for a quick hike nearby? Do you feel yourself relax? Are you uplifted…
-
Break Free With A Little Foresight
You know you need to take a break, but when? There’s no time! I talk a lot about the importance of breaks. About how, without time for ourselves, the daily grind really does grind us down and leaves us feeling burned-out and tense. You’ve been there. The all-to-familiar reality is that, even when we know…
-
5 Ways To Stay On Your Game
Staying on your game is easier than you think, and a lot more fun. What does it feel like when you’re in the flow? On a morning when the birds are chirping, the air is crisp, and the sky is a sparking blue. One of those days when nothing can faze you. There is openness…
-
What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up?
It’s today. What a day to explore! What will you find? When I was a kid growing up in Minnesota, I spent summers camping and riding bikes; fall jumping in piles of leaves; winters sledding and exploring mountains of snow; and the spring floating pieces of wood (mighty vessels!) down roaring streams in streets as…
-
You Call THAT Freedom?
Guess what? Freedom is available to you, today, wherever you are. Have you ever caught yourself waiting? Waiting for some free time to read that book you’ve been holding on to? Waiting to call that friend you’ve been wanting badly to reconnect with? Waiting for the perfect time to start the project that is your…
-
Connection Matters
Surround yourself with support today! You don’t have to do the heavy lifting alone. I returned recently from a weekend in the Bay Area, celebrating my dad’s birthday. We had a great time — conversations over coffee, partying til late, and lovely trips to the beach and Golden Gate Park. It was a fun and tender…
-
Giving To Receive, Giving To Give
If you’re anything like me, you love to help others out. You love to serve, nurture, show others that you care. You step in when it seems that no one else will. You alleviate suffering. Their world is brighter because of you. This is a beautiful trait. A trait that many of my clients share…
-
Does The Pressure Get To You?
There was pressure, until I let it go. Now I can breathe again! Has this ever happened to you? You wake up late for work, rush through your morning activities, jump on the freeway only to find it jammed, get to work an hour late only to be greeted by your disapproving supervisor. The rest…
-
How Do You Stop The Fight?
There is only perfection. Let your basic goodness guide you. I was recently uplifted by words from my teacher, Reggie Ray, whose meditation lineage I’ve studied and practiced for the past several years. In one of his recorded talks, Reggie discusses how there are no mistakes on our path. There is only perfection. This is…
-
What’s One Thing You Can Do Today To Feel More Free?
Don’t wait. Today is the very best day, now is the very best moment, to chill out and breathe. Talking with friends this week, I realized that many of us are waiting. We’re waiting for some other day to give ourselves a break. We’re waiting until our next vacation to really let our hair down…