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If Today is Your Day

“You can choose courage or you can choose comfort, but you cannot have both.”  - Brene Brown If you’ve lived into adulthood you have had many moments of deciding between courage and comfort.  And every day as adults we have many more. As a coach, as a mom, as a woman, I witness many courageous moments.  And I see that this year - 2017 -  is a BIG YEAR.  This year is is bringing up a LOT for many people. Women are stepping into more power.  Scales are coming off.  [...]

If Today is Your Day 2018-05-15T18:30:25+00:00

5 Simple Ways to Rejuvenate During the Holidays

The Holidays.  They can be a time of reflection and hope; of anticipation and excitement for many, yet they can also bring enormous stress, worry and even sorrow.  It’s a disorienting time for many. But what if you could pull the reigns back on all of the emotions and pause to really focus in on the experience you want to have?  What would you see? Are you looking to maintain more connection?  Joy?  Is your heart telling you to slow down or speed up (yes, some of us need to [...]

5 Simple Ways to Rejuvenate During the Holidays 2018-05-15T18:30:25+00:00

Unlocking the Fullness of Life

After a whirlwind month of milestone birthday celebrations, new business endeavors, a child with pneumonia and visiting out-of-towners, I have much to be resting over but also much to be thankful for.  It’s a struggle, sometimes, to see the grace in the chaos.  After all, who wants to say “Ahhh, thank you!” when you’re at the hospital with a sick child and you’re hosting 30 people within the next 36 hours? And often we need to see the real evidence behind something in order to fully buy-in and engage in [...]

Unlocking the Fullness of Life 2018-05-15T18:30:25+00:00

Sometimes You Just Need a Do-Over

I watched the presidential debate on Sunday night while simultaneously constructing “motivation badges” for my daughter’s Kindergarten class. As instructed by her teacher, I was charged with carefully creating, in the shape of ghosts for Halloween, little paper badges that read “Bucket Filler”.  The focus in her classroom is to remind the children to fill UP each other’s figurative buckets (to not be a bucket “dipper”) and in so doing, fill up their own emotional bucket.  The badges are a reward when the children are recognized for being kind, thoughtful, and [...]

Sometimes You Just Need a Do-Over 2016-10-11T21:28:52+00:00

Why I’m OK Being the Victim . . . for a little bit

Right now I am laid up in bed, nursing some kind of virus that is making its way through our family.  I was given just enough time to get Gracie back to health before my number came up – for which I am thankful.  It’s never fun to parent a sick Little when you’re the sick Biggie.  But now here I am, with aches and throbs and the tingling tips of toes – remnant battle scars from a bout of frostbite during a cold winter on Michigan State’s campus years [...]

Why I’m OK Being the Victim . . . for a little bit 2016-10-03T13:35:11+00:00

Breathe

Breathing. It’s something we do naturally and easily every second of the day, right? Well, actually research has shown that while the respiratory center of our brain is taking care of the messages and muscle contractions necessary to deliver oxygen to our entire body, most of us are actually not getting sufficient breaths – the kind required for optimal health and well-being. So let’s take a look at what’s going on here. Breathing is the intricate dance our bodies engage in, moving air by way of the diaphragm and other [...]

Breathe 2020-07-13T15:02:21+00:00

The 3 Things I’m Doing Now That My Kids Are in School (A Spiritual Perspective)

It’s officially fall around these parts. I’ve just loaded my children onto the school bus for the first time this school year and walked back into the house which feels like it too is heaving a complicated sigh of emotions: exhilaration (man, 3 kids + friends running around for 3 solid summer months is a lot and now there’s. . . quiet), sadness (our fun summer went so quickly and are they really all this old??), anticipation (but there’s so much we’re looking forward to and I know it’s going [...]

The 3 Things I’m Doing Now That My Kids Are in School (A Spiritual Perspective) 2018-05-15T18:30:26+00:00

3 Steps to Your Highest Vision

Carl Jung said, “Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.” I love this quote because as a coach, I believe all answers are within and when we take the time to see/feel/listen to what we truly desire then we open up to incredible potential. We all have stories we tell about ourselves, to ourselves and I believe if we’re going to tell ourselves a story, it should be a good one. Unfortunately the vision we [...]

3 Steps to Your Highest Vision 2018-05-15T18:30:26+00:00

A Stitch in Curiosity

I admit it, I have some bad habits. For one, I pick at my lips when I’m nervous. This drives each and every one of my family members crazy - especially in the winter when I inevitably draw some blood. I also eat too late into the night. Hummus and chips while watching back to back episodes of Homeland? Yes please! These are just a couple, of course, and while I continue to evaluate and polish my rough side, I also try to develop the good. Recently, I watched my [...]

A Stitch in Curiosity 2018-05-15T18:30:26+00:00

For the Love of the Game

If you’re following the Olympics of 2016 you’ve no doubt come across the champion stories - from every-day beginnings to wild success. Among them is Katie Ledecky’s: a 19 year old from Maryland who it seems has a thing for shattering limits. I watched her last night and sat slack-jawed as she outpaced her fellow competitors by at least a body length– a huge margin for an Olympian. She smashed her own world record swimming the 400 meter freestyle in 3 minutes and 56 seconds, outshining her competition and moreover, [...]

For the Love of the Game 2018-05-15T18:30:26+00:00