Today I am not rushing
Today I am not rushing. Even as I write this, I feel the old familiar desire to speed up and check things off my "to do" list before I pick the kiddos up from school. I look around me - the...
Want to keep calm over the holidays? Make a P.A.C. with yourself.
Before you peel the apples for your famous apple pie, run to the store to pick up last minute munchies, or vacuum the house (again), this holiday season, make a P.A.C. with yourself. What’s a...
Love Heals Everything
Our six year old son had just gotten home from Cub Scouts. It was late. I had just tucked our daughter into and bed and she was fast asleep. I was tired. But I had a full day at work and I...
What if you had one year to live? A Meditation on What Matters Most
“Do you want to get real with yourself? Do you want to really know what’s most important?” My meditation teacher asked me one day in session years ago. “Definitely!” I said, with bated breath,...
A True Happiness
A True Happiness You have panted for rest – to discover a place where you can finally feel whole. You have gone out looking for happiness in places that have left you empty, anxious and alone only...
Free
There is a beautiful Taoist adage that I have carried with me over the last several years of being a parent: "When in doubt, do less." I have found that when I do less -- when I come into...
Dear Mom, I want to see you smile
A few days ago, my kiddos and I were making neon green slime. The kind that glows in the dark. The kind that in some circles, we'd call it "green slime" and in others we'd call it "troll snot!" We...
“Love List”: what I appreciate about my husband
I have an incredible husband. He is truly a co-parent, my best friend, and one of the most lovely human beings I know. But here's the thing: he can drive me nuts, too. Throw in stressful mornings...
Sit human, sit.
This past weekend I taught the midday yoga at the Achieving Optimal Health Conference at Georgetown University sponsored by GUWellness (where I work!) and BB&R Consulting (Therese Burch, Doro...
The One Word that is Changing My Day, My Life
I softly whisper it to myself every day. Several times a day. A hundred times a day on the harder days – days I’m super triggered, feeling alone, feeling like I’m messing up, feeling like I’m...
Let Your Heart Lead
She felt lost. She didn't know who she was anymore. She came to compassion coaching feeling overwhelmed and lost. She felt scattered - pulled in a hundred different directions -- all before 9...
Trust
I hurriedly stuck my hand into my bag looking for my keys. Rushing, feeling frustrated, feeling like there were too many things to do and not enough time, getting irritated with myself for not being...
