Being In The In Between Places
The in between places of our lives—whether in our minds, our hearts, or simply in the rhythms of our days—are like the hallways of a home. We don’t live in the hallway, but we need it to move from one […]
Composing a New Chapter: A Reflection for Mothers in Transition
Discover what’s possible when the story of motherhood opens into something new.
There’s a quietness in the house now.
Maybe it’s your first September without school schedules, permission slips, or […]
Navigating Midlife Transitions: Finding Strength in Change
In midlife, life often hands us challenges that are difficult to navigate using our usual automatic responses. Whether it’s a child leaving home for the final time, a parent becoming ill or passing away, a career ending by choice or […]
What If There Was No Resistance?
In the middle of my weekly Tuesday morning yoga class, the teacher asked, “What if there was no resistance?” I could not stop thinking about it for the rest of the class. At times my thoughts brought me to tears […]
Listening to Ourselves
When you were young, did you do things simply because they were joy filled? I loved playing along our creek, creating mud pies, making miniature villages out of dirt, and objects from nature and miniature figurines. Nature, creativity and being […]
Introducing “Integral Coaching”
My practice is changing in exciting ways. I was recently certified as an Integral Coach through New Ventures West. The approach was a natural fit for my practice that always takes into account the multiple dimensions of a person’s life, […]
Look UP and OUT at the HORIZON and BREATHE
When you go for a walk, where do you naturally look? Sometimes where we hold our gaze will tell our body and mind how to think and behave in that moment.
For example, if you look down, you can create a […]
Demystifying the Subtle Senses
What the heck are your subtle senses? They are the 2.0 version of your physical senses of seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, and touching.
You go through your everyday life using all of your physical senses, although you may rely on some […]
Breathing—Your Portable Stress Remedy!
Do you ever feel like everywhere you turn, you’re being reminded to breathe?
If not, consider this your reminder; we all can use one. And if your answer was, “Yes, actually I am noticing frequent reminders to breathe”—there’s a reason for […]
RAINing Down Mindfulness
Mindfulness is a common word these days. Jon Kabat-Zinn, the creator of the Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction program at UMass Medical School, says that mindfulness is […]