Mindful Self Compassion

Mindful Self Compassion

Recently, I attended a workshop hosted by the Center for Women in Enterprise.  This is an organization that has been deeply supportive to me as I’ve worked to launch my business. The workshop was called Mindful Self Compassion Training, and boy did I need it!  Knowing...
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...