3 Lessons Learned by Getting Back to My Roots

3 Lessons Learned by Getting Back to My Roots

As the summer began to wind down, I felt a strong calling to get back to my roots and return to the simplicity of road tripping to a music festival, as I had done so many times in my younger days.  Each year when summer ends, I mourn the loss of sunshine and warmth. ...
Mindfulness in the Flow

Mindfulness in the Flow

Mindfulness in the Flow “I can’t meditate because I can’t sit cross legged.” My husband had been talking to a friend of his about his own meditation practice and this is what he got back.  Hearing statements like these add fuel to my fire.  I say it almost every time...
Why would you hire a coach? On Growing Yourself

Why would you hire a coach? On Growing Yourself

On Growing Yourself... Years ago, before I really put some thought in the art of growing yourself, I had a job that required me to travel to university campuses to stand at a table and talk to students.  It was a fun job and if nothing else it had great...
Why would you hire a coach? On Showing Yourself

Why would you hire a coach? On Showing Yourself

Showing yourself may be the most challenging part of ‘the work.’ Why? Because we live in a world full of opinions and judgments.  Couple that with the fact that our societal institutions prescribe conformity.  Look no further than American politics.  At some point,...
Why would you hire a coach? On Being Yourself

Why would you hire a coach? On Being Yourself

On being Yourself... The concept of Being Yourself, Showing Yourself, Growing Yourself came to me years ago.  It wasn’t quite a ‘vision’ as some might say.  But it did come to me through deep reflection.  The kind that only can come through during the type of...