I’m glad you’re back! I’m feeling like I need some friends around right about now. It’s been a challenging two weeks, and the first thing to go when I’m busy and squeezed is my time with friends. Then I feel isolated and lonely and even…
This is the question I’ve been asking myself a lot recently. It’s been nuttier than usual lately, with the end of the year, transitions at home, ballet concerts coming up, visiting family, finalizing summer plans, etc. In addition to all the happenings, my to-do lists…
We are nearing the end of our “high season” with all the holidays and birthdays almost over. Invariably, at this time of year, I tend to pick up the nearest virus floating by, probably because I tend to be run down after all the hoopla…
Here we are, in the time of family visits, gifting, caroling, decorating, and lights. It’s a fun, busy, chaotic time of year! So I wanted to check in with you all: How are you doing? There seem to be so many reasons for joy and…
Ok everyone, here comes the final installment of the Good For You Series. What could possibly be the last essential thing we need to incorporate into our lives to help us feel balanced, centered, and whole? Well, exercise of course! Ok, ok, I hears…
Glad to have you back! Here we are at week four of the Good For You Series. We’ve covered some important needs and have been working to get more of the good stuff we need into our daily lives; good sleep, gratitude, human touch. I…
Hello all! Everyone over their turkey and football coma? Actually, the tryptophan-turkey, sleepiness-after-eating-turkey thing is probably overblown, but it’s a nice excuse to nap away the afternoon on Thanksgiving Day. You’d think that I was going to say something this week about healthy eating, or…
Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. I have wonderful memories of being at my grandmother’s house, hanging out with my cousins, eating the turkey, cornbread stuffing (dressing?), stewed tomatoes, sweet potatoes, rolls, collards, and on and on. It’s a day about family, food and football. Every…
You know, I’ve been thinking… What keeps us from doing the things we need to have in our lives to be well? We often know what we should do, or even what our needs are. If we don’t, that bears some consideration and research. But…
Actually, I have never learned to juggle. At least not in the fun way with balls, pins, or torches on fire. Nope, never practiced that one. Life can feel like one big juggling act sometimes though, right? It seems like we manage multiple things at…