A Message for the Woman Ready to Let her Soul Shine
“I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and...
10 Habits of Highly Effective Mamas
Very few modern mothers see their role as "just a mother" these days. In fact, even if you're a full-time mother, there is a strong chance you have a lot of other things that interest you and that you'd love to try someday. Many of my private coaching clients come to...
Finding a New Family Normal
For some of us, the honeymoon of slowing down, being together and not having to DO is over. For others of us, there was never a honeymoon as you keep working either at home as a teacher or in some other essential capacity and all you are feeling is guilt and fear and...
{Guest Post} There’s Always Hope
There’s always hope. I find that I reacted to this pandemic by doing and distracting. The doing was the preparing for social distancing, the cleaning of the house, the moving my body, the getting us outside for walks…these were all helpful…but maybe...
{Guest Post} Embracing the Gift of Ease in Uncertain Times
Every January as a member of the Wake Up and Thrive Network, I create a word of the year. I’ve used adventure, glow, rise, radiate. This year as a mom in the midst of a very busy season of life, I chose the word ease. I had a desperate longing for slowness,...
{Guest Post} On Being Forced into Our own Happiness
It was only six weeks ago that I began looking into homeschooling. My daughter had been having a lot of issues in school, and I felt like homeschooling would be a viable temporary option until she would be able to change schools. It’s not commonly done in Luxembourg,...
{Guest Post} Emerging and Shadows: Post Groundhog Day
Asato ma sadgamaya Tamaso ma jyotir gamaya Mrityor mamritam gamaya Om, shanti, shanti, shanti English translation: Lead us from unreal to real Lead us from darkness to the light Lead us from the fear of death To knowledge of immortality Om, shanti, shanti, shanti The...
{Guest Post} Turning Away from Pandemonium
Usually, I have a long to-do list, a calendar that others gasp at, astonished, a full schedule of fun and activity, quiet and family time, all in one day. Cooking, teaching, parenting, planning, cleaning, organizing, paying bills, shopping, reading, exercise,...
Pandemic 2020 Journal — Day 3
Read Day 1 Entry Here Morning This morning was the first morning that truly felt a bit more normal. I began as I love to begin, in meditation, followed by coffee and journaling. I would have had more time to journal if I hadn't spent so much time reading the news...
Pandemic 2020 Journal — Day One
Morning I woke at my usual time to do my usual morning routine only to realize my husband wasn't in bed which meant he was asleep on the couch where I would normally begin my day in meditation. (I learned later that he's so wonderful that he had slept on a different...
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