To Fully Rest
You can listen to this journal entry on my podcast, Delightful: Episode 71. To Fully Rest Apple Amazon Spotify It's the third day of our five-day skiing trip. And my body wants to rest. We skied all day for two days with snow falling…gliding through tree-lined...
This isn’t selfish – it’s holy
[If you'd like to listen to me speak this post, tune in to episode 70. This isn't selfish - it's holy on Delightful] Women who are older than me told me this would happen. They were right. They told me it would be exquisite. And it is. In all the talk about menopause...
Start With Love – Part 2
This week, I shared my first episode of the year: 69. Start With Love. (You can also read it in this blog post, Start With Love). Why start the year off with this one? Let me take you behind the scenes...or rather into my heart. I love the start of a new year. It's a...
Start With Love
Start With Love Let anything you desire - a small change, a big change - for yourself, for your dear ones, for the world - let it start with love. Love for yourself, your body, your dreams, your soul aches, your soul longings. Love for your dear ones, their quirky...
How Did You Greet the Dawn
If you are quiet enough, you will hear the flow of the universe. You will feel its rhythm. Go with the flow. Happiness lies ahead. Meditation is key." - Buddha In the late 1990's, when I arrived to live and work in Guatemala, I first went to language school up in the...
Overwhelmed? Get your Life-BACK and Opt Out of the Hustle, Bigger, and More Culture
This past summer, I took a break from blogging, podcasting, and writing. I still saw my clients and did my consulting work in between vacations. But I needed to take a large swath of time out to not produce. I needed a few months to be in my own energy. We live in a...
Earth Day: on the brink of…connection
When we connect more deeply, we love more deeply. And what we love, we protect. - Lisa McCrohan Many of you know that I take a ton of pictures of nature. From the tulips in our front garden to the sunsets behind our house, I love pausing and noticing nature. I...
Awakening to Blossom: A Springtime Guided Meditation
Spring Yesterday, I dug my hands into the earth cleaned out dead leaves and blossoms from around the hydrangea bushes, lambs ear plants, cherry trees, and maple trees. Instantly the smell of dirt filled my senses. I stopped. Ahhhh the smell of spring! As I cleared out...
Rest is the New Superpower
I'm sitting here listening to a client share with me that their teenager is hurting themselves. We are only 31 days into a new year, and already I've heard several stories of teens struggling with anxiety, depression, and self-harm. I'm concerned. And I'm angry....
Give yourself the best of you – not what’s left of you
One Day She Realized One day she realized that the person she needed to tend to the most was her own self. Even as a mom, a lover, a healer, a friend, she understood that where she needed to put her attention - every single day – was on her own self-care. So she...