I think for most of us the answer is yes. Yet, stress can mean many different things to different people. And whether that stress manifests as emotional or physical, the real question is, “What can I do about it?” I’ve … Continue reading →
I just had a crash course in this when I visited my parents in Sheffield (UK) for two weeks in January. It’s hard. A bit of background – my mum has Alzheimer’s and has deteriorated a lot since I last … Continue reading →
In my Facebook group, the BodyIntelligence Community, we focus a lot on self-care. In my experience many of us, and women especially, tend to put ourselves last. Self-care, if it’s even on the radar, is quite definitely at the bottom … Continue reading →
The simple answer: Self-care. Self-care is one of my seven key strategies for relieving stress and is the simplest and most effective way to PREVENT stress and overwhelm from taking hold in the first place. In fact, it is a … Continue reading →
How many times a day do you tell yourself what you should be doing? Or what you should not be doing? Or should not be thinking? Or should not be feeling? This is just one of the ways we often … Continue reading →
Do you resist ease? I confess. I do. I do so even though I am fully aware of the benefits of bringing more ease into my life; even though I know specific strategies that can help me to shift from … Continue reading →
We are always going to find ourselves in stressful situations. That’s a given. Learning to respond differently – in a way that reduces significantly the amount of stress we experience, before, during and afterward – is key. Here are seven … Continue reading →
What do Carla Harris, Shonda Rhines, Shawn Achor, Brené Brown, and Michelle Obama have in common? They were all keynote speakers at the Pennsylvania Conference for Women and they were ALL fabulous and inspiring! I was lucky enough to be … Continue reading →
“…self-compassion is a powerful way to achieve emotional well-being….” Kristin Neff writes this in the first chapter of her book, Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself. I’m in the middle of reading this book. It’s the current … Continue reading →
A few weeks ago, I wrote about free-writing, and how helpful I was finding it – helpful in sorting out my thoughts, writing blogs, class planning, sifting through problems, and so forth. How such a “purposeless” task, was actually helping … Continue reading →
