This post is inspired by Karen’s comment from 6 Reasons to Get Rid of Your To Do List. While those reasons are quite compelling, the next question-HOW do you let go of your list (without losing “it”)? First, it’s mind shift. The key is to get out of my head and into my heart. Have [...]

Is Your To-Do List Bad for You? Last week I was away on retreat. It was a profound week of healing with lots of quiet and space to go inward. Now that I’m back, I’ve returned to my normal life as if I’m an outsider, observing my life for the first time. As I’m watching [...]

The work that I do improves posture. I learned that good posture is vital to feeling good many years ago when I was depressed. I felt down about myself, my work, my relationships and where I lived. I was fit, and I’ve always been athletic, but I still felt down. Someone told me that I [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

I frequently call these The 5 C’s for Change when I share them in classes and workshops. It has evolved (just as I have) in my work on myself and with clients. Here is my latest and greatest version. May it serve you well. 1) Choose Do you really want to change? Seriously. A lot [...]

Are you great at keeping promises and delivering when it comes to work or other people and then terrible when it comes to following through for yourself? I have a record in my head that likes to play over and over again about things that I could have done, said, or thought. It’s a relentless [...]

I used to believe that in order to create shifts in life it was important to surround yourself with supportive people. For example, if you want to start eating well, surround yourself with folks who eat well and stop eating out with folks who eat junk. This can be pretty limiting and isolating, right? After [...]

Here are two of the most common words I hear from clients: “It’s hard….” Here are some of the ways these words are said: It’s hard because no one listens to me.                                   Getting this done takes a lot of effort. I’m working at finding balance. Being a parent is hard. I have a secret. If [...]