Hello, February! I feel like I am coming out of a winter hibernation! Yes, I have been very quiet on my blog for sometime. Life has been as busy as usual, but my energy has been spent on taking care of myself, growing my health coaching business, learning more about emotional eating and how to …
I recently lost a very good friend – the loss was sudden and unexpected. Loss and grief is never an easy journey, but dealing with this during a pandemic is harder. The ability to grieve with others in person, to hug, hold, and cry is not so readily available. While my friend Penny died of …
This past week has been a hard one. For years I have slowly lost my dad to dementia. The smartest man I have ever known, the one who led our family on many adventures, and always pushed me to do my best, no longer recognizes me as his daughter. My mom has stood by his …
This coming Saturday I will be sharing my story of being fearless and inspiring other women to follow their dreams. Fearless Women’s Summit is a free online event that is hosted by One Woman. I found One Woman International a little over a year ago when I went to one of their conferences here in …
This past week I needed to close up my classroom, return personal belongings to students, and collect borrowed chrome books. I cannot even begin to tell you how great if felt getting up in the morning, getting dressed for leaving the house, and driving to school. Driving to work and having a purpose to leave …
Last January I set an intention for myself of building connections and fostering relationships. I believed, and still do, that our communities and our country are too divisive. What I have in my control is that I can get out of my comfort zone and build new relationships and also spend time fostering the many …
A dozen years ago I was sitting in a therapist’s office processing the emotions of a divorce that I did not want. I was talking about my anger. “I am angry about…”, “I am so mad about…”, “I am frustrated…” My therapist looked at me and simply said, “Every time you say anger or mad …
Living through a pandemic offers new challenges – worries about health, money, and relationships are just a few concerns we all face as we hunker down at home. Trying to stay healthy is a number one concern for many people. You might think that boosting your immune system is all about taking vitamin pills and …
The best way to describe life right now is life in transition. For many of us, our life is far from what we all have known to be “normal”, and we most likely are headed to a new “normal.” A new normal that no one can accurately describe, plus we cannot predict when that new …
Life has changed so much in the last month. This is now day #34 of sheltering in place. It is crazy to think that I haven’t had to fill my car with gas in over a month. I still have almost 3/4 of a tank! Clearly, I am following our county and state orders to …
