“I wonder what’s around the bend…” That’s the thought I noticed while on my silent walk last weekend. I was none too pleased when Jackie Gartman announced that our morning hike would be a quiet one. It was the first full day of our coaches retreat and my extroverted, connector self was buzzing with conversations I […]
Anxiety / self care
What exactly is margin?
For me margin means space on either side. Just like the lines on the sides of a piece of notebook paper, it puts boundaries onto my days and my life . Practically speaking, it means I bookend my days with quiet before I begin and when I end. It means I pay attention to appointments […]
Anxiety / gratitude / Relationships
Look for the helpers
This morning I woke up excited about the day ahead of me. I sat in my gratitude chair (yep- I’ve got a chair for gratitude time) and meditated and journaled about the class I would teach tomorrow- the class on finding joy through the practice of journaling. And then I looked at my phone. And […]
Anxiety / gratitude
Happy Birthday to Me!!!
Tomorrow I will turn 53. It seems like both a minute and a lifetime ago that I turned 50. I was newly empty nested, just beginning my coaching practice and I was on the precipice of a new decade. On my birthday my husband asked where I’d like to go for dinner (going out to eat is […]
Change / goals / self care
Why I retreat and why I think you should too.
Do you make it a regular practice to “retreat”? My hunch is, if you are like most women the answer is no. And don’t think I’m falling for your lame excuses: “I’m really busy” “No, you don’t get it, I’m really, really busy- I have a job, husband, kids, dog, volunteer work… did I mention […]