How can we help ourselves live a better Life?
We can get real about the ways we are hurting, shutting down or spinning out. Stress impacts our day to day and sometimes we just don’t see it. The first […]
How do we move beyond our stress habits–to inhabit the Heart?
I love to write AND I am also a Mindfulness-Based Health Educator and Coach, who loves group learning and facilitation…maybe more than anything! (though sometimes that depends on the moment-HA) […]
Let’s Be Friends
Okay it’s time. You know it and I know it. Time to get real about the “you and the me” and this thing we call friendship. If you have been […]
When Wisdom Speaks
There has never been a time when I haven’t needed a wise friend in my life. For listening without interrupting, for giving sage advice, for helping me know when to […]
Belonging-Part 2 “and say with our actions you belong”
“and say with our actions you belong.” These words quoted from Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer’s poem, “For When We Greet Each Other” shaped my last blog. And ever since it has […]
Can we nurture Belonging during these times? Part I
In this moment, as I sat amongst the fresh green grasses on the banks of the mighty Columbia, in the first days of Spring, I felt this warmth rise up from beneath me. With my face to the sun, I was awash in the felt sensation of belonging. Once I recognized it’s presence I sunk into the goodness and rightness that it brings.
It’s time to cozy up to Transparency and Accountability
So, if we demand accountability and transparency from everyone around us, what about us? Do we live by these standards for ourselves?
What does personal transparency even look like? How do we know when we have it and when we don’t?
It doesn’t look like this:
when we choose to withhold our messy feelings from our partners or spouse, thinking, “what good will it do anyway” and instead add another shot of vodka to our evening cocktail?
when we avoid telling our kids why we’re never in the same room with their father anymore, thinking they’ve already figured it out and just don’t need to know.
when we want to say “no” but say yes, every time our boss asks us to work late or take an extra shift. (and it’s not about the $)
when asked “how are you doing” by someone who really cares, we default to “I’m fine” even though our belly aches, our thoughts are always racing and we can’t remember the last time we had a meaningful laugh or hug.
“Cultivating My Roots”- Listen to this Wise Young Woman
In Episode-11 of the “Live Well Be Wise” podcast we hear from Briseldy Hernandez-Ramos. She invites us to share in abundant hope for our future, and see a world where […]
Get Off the Hamster Wheel of Wellness!
The thing about wellness is, it requires effort! So how can we engage in ways that don’t make us nuts and jack up our nervous system whilst trying to be […]