Failures, mistakes, embarrassing fumbles – we’ve all been there. We’ve all found ourselves in that agonizing moment of realizing that we just put our foot in it… or made a thoughtless error… or got rejected… or failed to produce our intended result – or, or, or… the list goes on. These things happen to all […]
Category Archives: Health & Fitness
Discernment, Finding Your Balance, Health & Fitness, Lessons Learned Along the Way, Resilience, Self-Awareness
Finding Time When You’re Too Busy to Breathe
15
Oct
Oct
The majority of the coaching clients I work with are juggling numerous roles, projects, demands and priorities. Typically these include things like owning and running a business, being a parent, working a job, birthing a creative or entrepreneurial project, helping a spouse, caring for an aging family member or ailing friend, volunteering their time, and […]
Discernment, Finding Your Balance, Get Motivated, Health & Fitness, Lessons Learned Along the Way, Self-Awareness
Being Fully Present for Daily Life – The Art of Showing Up
30
Jul
Jul
There’s a phenomenon that takes place when exercising that’s been catching my attention lately. I’m talking about the tendency to be less than fully present for our immediate experience. This can come in a couple different forms. How Absence Emerges Anything that takes us outside ourselves distracts us from the actual experience we’re having – what’s […]
Discomfort Series, Finding Your Balance, Health & Fitness, Resilience, Self-Awareness
Rethinking Stress – It’s Not All Bad
15
May
May
How do you define ‘stress’? And why do we talk about it as if it’s necessarily a bad thing? What impact does this have on our interpretation of the situation we’re in when we experience stress? And what impact does that interpretation and experience have on our long-term health? What is ‘stress’ anyway? One of […]
Finding Your Balance, Finding Your Own Path, Get Motivated, Happiness, Health & Fitness, Inspiration
Give Yourself a Break! Plan a Mini-Retreat
28
Apr
Apr
This past November, I was lucky enough to be invited up to Blue Mountain Center – where I had previously had the good fortune of spending one of the best months of my life – for an impromptu retreat weekend with a group of writers, artists, and activists. The opportunity came at a time of […]
Compassion, Finding Your Own Path, Health & Fitness, Inspiration, Lessons Learned Along the Way
How to Make a Resolution You Can Actually Keep
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Jan
Jan
As we make our way through January – the month where the gym always gets more crowded for a short while, and your inbox and social media accounts are likely filled with offers to share the secrets of healthy eating or how to make six figures this year without lifting a finger – it occurs […]