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November 8th, 2011

7 Tips for a Restful Night’s Sleep

Here’s my recipe for a good night’s sleep: Keep lights dim at night before bedtime If you don’t have a dimmer, here’s a perfect excuse to light candles. You don’t have to wait until the power goes out to set a restful (or romantic) mood. I like to line the hallway with little tea lights [...]
October 19th, 2011

Gain Clarity, Inspiration & Purpose: a List of Loves

One of my favorite exercises that I share with Boot Camp clients is called a List of Loves. It’s as simple as it sounds–it’s a long list of things that you love. A “List of Loves” is powerful because Paying attention to things that you love feels good. It can remind you that life is [...]
October 3rd, 2011

Enthusiam ROCKS!: 5 Reasons to be More Enthusiastic

Did you know that the leaves of a lemon tree make a yummy herbal tea? This weekend I went to an herbal medicine class taught by Darren Huckle. The best part about the class was Darren’s attitude. His enthusiasm about plants and the earth and taking care of our bodies is contagious. He is so [...]
September 14th, 2011

Ideas and Inspiration: Sample Artist Dates

Artist Dates are mini adventures that I often prescribe to clients for homework. Click here for a background on Artist Dates (from Julia Cameron’s book, The Artist Way) . What is an artist date? An artist date is sacred YOU time. It’s a precious way to feed the well and become inspired. It’s essentially an [...]
September 9th, 2011

Simple Self Care Secrets

How often to you feel worn out, anxious, on edge or sick? Did you know that any of these emotional and physical sensations are your body’s way of telling you something’s up? How do you typically handle your body’s messages? Do you: a) ignore the messenger by pushing it down with chocolate, chips, caffeine, alcohol [...]
August 18th, 2011

5 Ways to Live from Love Rather than Fear

I had an epiphany a while ago. I realized that many of my motivations for doing things were based on fear. Fear of losing something, fear that I wasn’t good enough, fear I didn’t have enough time, or that I wasn’t strong enough, efficient enough, smart enough, pretty enough, young enough, and the list goes [...]
July 20th, 2011

Feeling Stuck? Take This Unusual Journey

If you, like many of my clients, are a perfectionist who is feeling fried and short on self-care, then I highly recommend the following activity. I call it The Journey to No Where.
July 5th, 2011

Beware of the Self Improvement Trap

Have you ever noticed that self improvement, personal growth or personal development is usually about making a change because we’re not happy with what is?  If we’re not careful, self improvement becomes a game of fix it or make it go away rather than look closely or patiently or tenderly at “it”? Without a healthy [...]
June 1st, 2011

4 Secrets of Happiness

I’ve had the experience of being in the most beautiful place in the world with the most incredible person on the planet only to find myself incredibly unhappy. As I noticed how unhappy I was, I felt even worse. What is wrong with me? I live a good life, why am I not happy? One [...]
May 17th, 2011

5 Questions to Ask your Health or Wellness Practitioner

Last week I took a class on Chi Nei Tsang (abdominal/organ massage) from the esteemed Master, Mantak Chia. He said something that really made an impression on me: As a practitioner, you are not working with clients or patients. You are working with students. Each person you see is someone you can teach so that [...]

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