We're right in the middle of the 2019 holiday season.  Did your Thanksgiving start off the season with lots of good food, friends, and family?  Or, did you spend it without a loved one?  I did both. This time of year can be harder once you become an empty nester. ...

'I don't have to chase extraordinary moments to find happiness - it's right in front of me if I'm paying attention and practicing gratitude.  - Brene Brown I have a daily gratitude practice.  Each morning as part of my journaling, I write down at least 3 things that...

What do you do when life isn't going quite like you wanted it to do?  Take one step forward.  That's it. That's all you have to do.  Just take that one step forward to begin to move yourself in the direction that you want to go. Over the last month or so, I've felt...

Over the last couple of weeks, I've been involved in a couple of trainings.  In one of them, I helped to lead it & guide 13 courageous woman through healing, soul searching and change.  In the other, I was a happy participant doing my own work to grow and change. ...

Taking care of your health is important for so many reasons.  When you're healthy, you have more energy, you feel better, you can do the things that you love and you enjoy life even more.  However, your health is not just your physical health.  It's also your mental...

As moms with kids in the house, we spend a lot of our time focused on those kids.  When they are newborns and toddlers, this is an absolute requirement in order to keep them fed, warm, clean and safe.  As they begin to grow older, those requirements begin to shift but...

I just came back from an inspiring long weekend of training.  I learned some new ways to teach what I already know.  I got to spend time with some long-distance friends that I haven't seen in years.  I also cuddled a 2 year old and then gave thanks that I don't have 2...

Have you ever said that you're going to lose 10 pounds and then you can't seem to make it happen?  Or, have you ever said that you wanted to stop a habit like watching so much TV yet the change just doesn't show up in your life?  I get it.  Change can be hard and...

Who am I?  This is something that I ask myself a lot.  It seems to change on the outside.  When my kids were at home, then I was a full-time mom, taxi driver, cook, maid and CEO of the house.  Now, I'm an author, business owner, yoga teacher & yoga therapist. ...

I've been feeling just a bit unsettled over the past two weeks.  It's like I'm not quite sure what I want to do or how I'm going to get wherever I'm going.  At first I didn't really put a name to it.  However, after connecting in to the feeling a bit more, I finally...

As I write this, my son is one week into school and he is currently residing in a hurricane shelter in Daytona Beach, FL.  It's kind of hard to believe that I just dropped him off at school.  He's not only now out of school for a week but he is hunkered down in a...

This week, I moved child number two and I've realized a couple of things in the past few days.  One of them is that taking your second child to college is easier than the first.  The second thing is that I still wasn't quite recovered from the trip across the country...

The last 2 years, I've been more empty nester than not.  My youngest was in a unique situation where he spent the last 2 years of high school at a boarding school.  Even though he lived at school, he still came home once a month for a long weekend.  I've spent the...

In the past week, I've been sitting in a car a lot more than normal.  I've also been on my feet a lot more than normal.  First came the sitting & then came the near constant movement for days.  I've tried to take care of myself.  I've eaten as well as I could. ...

I'm writing to you from Roswell, New Mexico.  This is my fifth day of driving & I have one more day on the road before I get to spend the night in one place for more than one night.  It's been quite a trip! Why have I been on the road for so long?  Well, I was...

Change is sometimes thrust upon you.  Maybe you get into a car accident & then need to buy a brand new car.  It wasn't something that you expected or even wanted but hey its time for a new car.  On the other hand, sometimes change is something that you seek to...