A Conversation About Confidence
What happens when you start to reach for the next steps in your life, career or business? Do you apply for the job that is a stretch? Do you seek out the promotion? Or do you do what a lot of high-achieving women do? Doubt your abilities or attribute your success to...
How I Already Read 25 Books in 2019 and Why That Matters to You
Reading is my favorite hobby. It supports my quest to be a life long learner and it fills up my proverbial cup. Reading is also a way I learn how to be a better coach, a more skillful parent, more compassionate human and less stressed 21st century woman. I know I read...
One Thing That Stands In The Way of Being the Person Who Eats All This Produce
My favorite social media meme right now is "I wish I could be the person who bought all this produce." Good intentions, right? This always gets a laugh because you know the weeks where you do your meal plan, shop from your grocery list, make one meal and then ten days...
Winter Self-Care
Happy Valentine's Day! There are still five weeks of winter and this is the time of year when I start questioning my sanity. You too? So many Monday holidays in the winter which is hard because didn't we just finish winter break? So if February feels endless, it's...
5 Ways to Celebrate Galentine’s Day Depending on Your Love Language
Galentine's Day is February 13th and according to its inventor, Leslie Knopes of Parks and Rec fame, it is a day dedicated to showering your lady friends with love. A better way to celebrate your favorite Galentine is by using the 5 Love Languages to really fill her...
Favorite Finds
I have a need to collect, archive, research and share information and ideas. In fact, that's my number one strength in on the StrengthsFinder. Today I'll share some of the gems I have collected for you recently. Saying F*ck The Fear In the New Year - what would happen...
How Compliments Might Stunt Your Growth
Happy Compliment Day! Yes, it is a real thing. Today is the day to throw compliments around like confetti and yet if we aren't careful our well-intentioned compliments might stunt our growth and that of those who we love the most. Let's talk about how what we...
Your ACES Score and Why It Matters to Your Longevity
ACES, or Adverse Childhood Experiences study, looks at childhood experiences like divorce, neglect, abuse, loss and trauma and the connection to long term adult health problems like heart disease, cancer, depression, autoimmune disease and more. One of the comments I...
Boost Your Health With Nature (Even Indoor Plants)
Modern life has many of us inside and on screens for much of our days, much to our - and our kids’ - detriment. Science is finding evidence that being in nature positively impacts our mood and behavior. We are physically and mentally more healthy when we interact with...
6 Common Mistakes That Get in Your Way of Developing Healthy Habits
Today I'm sharing the 6 Common Mistakes That Get In Your Way of Developing Healthy Habits. The first mistake I see people making is in wanting to change everything at once. This is so common! Every client I work with comes to me wanting to make change in their lives...
An Invitation to Work Together in the New Year
What are your self-care goals for the new year? Are you planning a new exercise routine? Are you ready to start eating all the fruit and vegetables you buy each week? Is this the year when you stick with your New Year's resolutions? I am here to help! Self-care SOS...
2019: How Do You Want to Feel In the New Year?
Less that two weeks before we flip the calendar over into the new year. How do you want 2019 to feel? We get to decide how we feel. Revolutionary, I know. For the last decade plus I have been choosing a word of the year. Those words have helped me feel the way I want...
100% Guilt-Free Self-Care Support Group
Are you needing some support for your self-care? Did you know I have a totally free 100% Guilt-Free Self-Care Facebook group? True story! And I’d love for you to join me. Click here to join. Please answer the questions so I know who you are and what you’d like to get...
6 Steps to a Less Stressful Holiday Season
December is here, friends. I have stories about December: it’s too busy there’s too many things to do (shopping, presents, cooking, travel) there are too many parties (and I suck at parties) there are too many obligations (two birthdays, two holiday meals,...
I’m Saying NO in November and I Invite You To Do The Same
2018 has been a really rough year: more cancer in our family, lots of ups and downs of parenting, so many deferred maintenance project finally taken care of, the 24 hour news cycle dumpster fire that just keeps getting worse every day... You too?...
Sunday Link Love #27
This week has been a reminder that filling my schedule - even with things that are amazing - still leaves me with a too full schedule feeling. I don't run well without white space. Summer hours are in order. I am concentrating my efforts on learning, studying...
Sunday Link Love #26
Solo parenting. I am hat tipping to single parents everywhere. How are you this week? Each week in 2018 I'll be sending you articles that have sparked my interest because they are all about Self-Care and Life Satisfaction. It Doesn't Have to Be...
Sunday Link Love #25
We celebrated our first day off from school with a trip to the lake with the grandparents. Nothing like riding around on a boat with good food, good company and a good book. How are you this week? Each week in 2018 I'll be sending you articles that have...
Safer Sunscreen That I LOVE
For close to twenty years I have been trying to find a safer sunscreen that smells good, feels good on my skin, keeps me from burning and isn't full of stuff I don't want to put on my body. I have tried so many safer sunscreens that failed to make the grade:...
Sunday Link Love #24
Our school year ends this week -- both my husband and daughter will be home all summer. I am equal parts thrilled and terrified. Terrified because I need to put some structure on our summer or there will be hell to pay. Thrilled because homework and school...
Saturday Senses
A way to capture the spirit of each week… tasting :: green smoothies,apricot pie, steak tacos, deli sandwiches as big as my head, bbq potato chips, and crazy amounts of hummus. hearing :: so little because my ipod has gone missing. smelling :: redwoods and the...
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