I often struggle with trying to fit in and making everyone else happy. I’m a people pleaser and it has taken me years to figure out my light is brightest when I am just being me rather than who I think people want me to be. I love finding new blogs to follow and The Happiness Bank in Australia (don’t you …
Be Aware. Be Kind. Breathe Deep.
I supplement my regular yoga practice with at least one hot yoga class a week, just to mess with my mind and to get out of my comfort zone. This morning’s class seemed exceptionally hot. I had taken a few weeks off because of vacation, so it was even harder to acclimate to the heat. Our instructor took us through …
Quality Not Quantity
I just returned from a week in California after moving to Arizona two months ago. It was a chance to reunite with old friends while retreating at the ocean in Bodega Bay, enjoying the fall colors of the wine country in Napa Valley, and getting together over coffee and lunch in my old neighborhood of the San Francisco East …
Take the Plunge
I realized the other day that my way of getting into a pool for the first swim of the day mirrored the way I do other things in my life. It takes me FOREVER to get up the nerve to “take the plunge” and I wondered what else I was putting off, drawing out and taking WAY too long to …
A Circle of Women
I conducted a Fuzzy Red Socks Retreat this past weekend for our local Hospice Volunteers. These women are truly angels in the work they do to guide hospice patients and their loved ones through the dying process with dignity and respect. What a gift it was to spend a few hours with these wonderful women of grace. I will always …