-
Rethinking Lazy
Ever been called lazy? It doesn’t feel good. According to Brene Brown, a professor and vulnerability expert, being called lazy is a huge shame trigger for many of us. Myself included. Calling ourselves lazy is a judgmental response that is created in our minds as an attempt to motivate ourselves to get something done. The problem…
-
Finding Your Motivation
March offers us the spring equinox, a freshness in the air, the smell of orange blossoms and fresh spring flowers- I love this time of year. While every single day is an opportunity to start fresh and new, I think that the spring time offers up a special time to examine old winter routines and…
-
My Favorite TED Talks
It’s no secret, I love TED talks. Anyone who has ever worked with, or known me for that matter, knows that I am constantly recommending a talk or two. Today I share with you a list of some of my all time favorite talks. I hope that they inspire you in the way that they…
-
Look Up: Celebrating Clouds
Coffee in hand, cool California air, looking up, watching the sunrise, noticing the artful way the sky shifts and shapes each cloud… a special way to start my morning. Watching the sky transform, I find myself thinking back to moments in my own life, and special moments from my youth- watching the clouds move across…
-
Can Mindfulness Change My Life?
We are all familiar with the ache of wanting change to happen but not being quite sure how actually to make it come into fruition. We can probably all also agree that it can be really hard to make change actually happen in our lives, even when it’s a shift that will make life more…
-
Honoring My Journey
Sleep eludes me in these early morning hours, as my mind traces over the past two years, lessons learned, lives that I have been blessed to have been a part of, and the place by the sea that I have spent so much of my time and energy the past several years. Today marks my…
-
Staying Calm This Holiday Season
Can you believe it’s already the end of December?! First of all, Happy Holidays!! I wanted to take a special moment to share with you my recent article + meditation featured in Recovery Today Magazine: With our warm ocean waters and eternal sunshine, the holiday season is in full swing here in Malibu. At Soba…
-
Play: Why You Need It
Have you ever watched a child play? Mesmerized by their toys or imaginary world, they have a focused, creative, fully involved almost peaceful way they move about. They don’t even hear you when you call them for dinner…they are so fully involved in joy and imagination. When was the last time you were fully…
-
Deep Listening
While I was driving down the Pacific Coast Highway on my way to work today, I was listening to an interview on my favorite Podcast show- On Being, and it dawned on me that there seemed to be this really special pause between when the interviewer spoke and the interviewee responded. It felt like the…
-
Sunrise Meditation: Celebrating a Fresh New Day
I am truly inspired to share with you this meditation today. Sunrise meditation was created for a client of mine who is in recovery from alcoholism and suffers from a history of major depression. So it filled my heart with so much love and joy that he chose sunrise as his symbol and special place…