Summer meditations for everyone
Summer meditations can help set your summer vibe. Use mind-body focus to relax, cool off, and channel positive energy.
Your year, in review
New Years is a perfect time to set new goals, but there is something equally important about looking at your year in review. One year holds so much: successes and set backs, things to learn from and inspire you. I like to journal about my year to acknowledge the things that didn’t go well and …
Goal Journaling
It’s back-to-school season, which means notebooks, planners, and journals are lining store shelves. If you’ve been meaning to find a way to the new you, stop waiting and start goal journaling. It’s time to get organized, readying yourself for yet another year at the School of Hard Knocks. What is goal journaling? Goal journaling uses …
Spring meditations for everyone
I’m lying on a hospital gurney right now, trying to distract myself and stay calm. One thing I can always do, no matter where I happen to be, is meditate. Springtime brings desire for renewal and growth, with meditation and breathwork as tools to help me along. This past couple of weeks have been difficult …
Brand your year: live your resolution for change
With a word, symbol, or phrase you might know a company’s vision. Having a brand shows what a business represents, and what they can offer. There’s no reason you can’t have your own life brand this year, and sell yourself success with progress towards a better you. Brand your year and live your resolution for …
Winter meditations for everyone
Winter can be cold, harsh, cozy, and beautiful all at the same time. It is a paradox of darkness and light, dormancy and liveliness. In my world it is mostly chaos, with the holidays, kids’ sports, and flu and pneumonia season at the hospital where I work. I need to punctuate the rushing with moments …
Sleep is a slippery fish
As I write it is nearly 3:00 am and I’ve already ruined the morning. Yesterday was hectic at work and involved a crushing deadline, a visit from regulatory surveyors, a giant Frappuccino, and a late-night chicken wing indiscretion while standing in front of the stove. By the time I went to bed I had to …
Fall meditations for everyone
Lately I’ve been very busy. The kind of busy that makes me forget that I’ve only put on one sock, or that I’m supposed to be in an important meeting. I’m like a pinball rolling around, randomly picking up points for just passing by, and occasionally being flipped up in yet another direction. When I …
Fall rainbow scavenger hunt
The reds and yellows of changing leaves. Bright green moss. Wet soil, rich and dark. The colors of autumn are raw and gritty, with more street cred than the sweet naivety of spring or the brazen arrogance of summer. I’ve been obsessed with the beauty outside, so I decided to do a fall rainbow scavenger …
Bryce Canyon Family Hike: Queen’s Garden to Navajo Trail
Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah is the smallest of the Big 5 parks, but it shouldn’t be overlooked. Made of orange rocks and hoodoos, it is spectacular and unique, with hikes for all abilities. I took my kids (ages 1, 7, 8, 12, and 16) there and we all loved the views and the …