self-care
Happy Valentine’s Day! Today I have a little gift for you. A gift to help you focus on your own journey to better wellness and health. I really believe that everyone needs to take time for themselves and make themselves a priority in their life. Busy women everywhere often don’t even put themselves on that …
If you are like me, you are really good at showing up for your family, showing up for your job, and showing up for your friends. All of that is wonderful! But if you are also like me, you had to start to really think about and learn how to show up for yourself. I …
If I am being honest, winter is my least favorite season. I love the holidays and those are a few bright points during this long, cold season, but if you are like me – you end up with the post-holiday blahs. January hits me like a giant wall that I feel that I need to …
I do love cooking, but I am the first to admit that after a long day of work – I do not always look forward to spending time in the kitchen. In fact, last Thursday I looked at my son who was completing school work at the kitchen table and said, I don’t want to …
Joy is such an important factor to your overall health and wellness. We are living through stressful times and being able to experience joy is a powerful tool to counteract the worries you may be dealing with. But what is joy? A lot of us think of the feelings of excitement and happiness as joy …
I will be the first to admit that I can be a very stubborn person. Ask my parents, ask my husband – they will all agree. In many ways I am a true Aries – active, passionate and independent, but the fiery side of me also brings out my stubbornness, my need to be right, …
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 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 …
Happy Sunday! I hope all of my American readers had a nice Fourth of July. I admit, living through a pandemic is challenging. It has impacted so much of our lives and what we consider to be normal. In my wonderful town, the holiday usually starts with a huge street dance downtown with live bands, …
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 …
