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INSPIRATION AND TIPS FOR LIVING A FULL LIFE

Confidence

October newsletter

Hello beautiful women, A few years ago my acupuncturist, Bea Hammond, said something that stuck with me.   Bea was getting a home solar system installed and her primary reason was that she didn’t want her son asking her why they didn’t do anything to help curb global warming; she remembers asking her parents why they […] Read more

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September 2018 note to readers

Hello beautiful women, The month of September has offered me a taste of my new reality.  Both of my girls are in full-day school now and that means I have started experiencing what hours of uninterrupted time and brain-space feels like.  It has been a decade since I have had this kind of solitude, I […] Read more

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March 2018 newsletter to clients

Hello beautiful women, I have stepped over, or I am deciding that I will, it would be untrue to say that I already have. I want to. I will. But boy – does it feel incredibly vulnerable and terrifying. I can feel myself on the edge of choice. Staying put feels like slowly loosing myself, […] Read more

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Reminiscing and sharing about love

My February newsletter to my clients:   Hello beautiful women, As usual, I have a lot to say and share. But first – I feel it is important for me to voice to you and the Universe that: I am relieved to recognize that a purposeful dream of mine that was put on hold is […] Read more

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I have proven it to myself – a different way is possible

Embodiment is not a concept meant to live in the mind – it is a way of living that is steeped in integrity and it is an opportunity to experience daily micro-doses of rapture – but it has to be cultivated, and to start, it is necessary to believe that a better way is not […] Read more

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Grateful for a New Year

I don’t know that I have ever been so ready and relieved to step into a new year.  I feel like 2017 was full of trauma.  Like it was in the air, trauma.  My life and my little family are all doing great, really great, but man – I feel like 2017 was full of […] Read more

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My Gratitude – A letter to my clients

To my wonderful clients, We are entering my favorite time of year, the Thanksgiving holiday season.  I have a difficult time recognizing the historical purpose of the holiday; I don’t understand why we blindly celebrate a very tragic part of our history.  That said, I use this time of year to sincerely reflect upon my […] Read more

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Becoming barb-free – Is it even possible?

A couple of weeks ago I declared that I want to explore becoming barb-free while living a more vulnerable, heart- centered life.   During a weekend workshop, titled The Dynamics of Relationship,  Don and Diane St John explained that in order to have more meaningful, rich, solid, fulfilling and satisfying primary relationships one must be […] Read more

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Feeling the despair of humanity & a vow and declaration

A good man took his own life and gave me an opportunity to feel the depths of despair. I still do not understand – and I don’t think that I ever will. He was an exceptional person, father, husband, and teacher. He had many friends and a nice home. He cared about people and people […] Read more

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Habit or Addiction – either way, it is an opportunity

“Alcohol lies to you….it tells you you can dance when you can’t, that you are funny when you are not, and that you are cool when actually you are being an ass…..”   ~words from a wisewoman   When do you realize that you are an alcoholic?  Is it possible to be an alcoholic who […] Read more

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