Tips to making priorities I’m just back from a wonderful whirlwind tour of Ottawa, ON; Montreal, PQ, and Vancouver, BC. And I arrived back to my home office in Seattle, WA to find loads of paperwork to catch-up: emails, phone calls, filing, student assignments and course evaluations, Team SchoolofCT minutes, RRCO minutes and committee work, […]
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How to Make Exercising a Happiness Habit Do you begin a stringent exercise plan only to fall off the wagon and give up? Most of us do. And continue to throughout life! We all want the benefits of exercising and starting a new program always seems so exciting. We imagine how we are going to […]
Continue ReadingAug 2009 Finding Your Joy and Strength
(introduction to the Feeling Absolutely Fabulous Program™) Just recently I was making arrangements for a lunch date with my friend Joan. Joan and I sit on the Board of the Anxiety Disorders Association of Ontario and we had some business to work on and some personal “girlfriend” stuff to catch up with. You know how […]
Continue ReadingBathing for Health & Beauty
Bathing is an ancient tradition that I do my best to revive. You don’t need to get a fancy jacuzzi bubbling tub to enjoy the benefits of soaking in aromatic waters and herbs. It’s a time for quiet contemplation, to allow muscles to rest, to allow your breath to come deeper. Quite simply, bathing helps […]
Continue ReadingThe Habit of Happiness
It is a few days into 2009, and already many of us have broken some of our New Year’s Resolutions. Each year, many of us see or feel January as a “new beginning”, a time to make a clean start. So, we decide to go on a diet, go on a cleanse, begin an exercise […]
Continue ReadingDo What You Love and the Money Will Follow
There is a wonderful little book that I have recommended to so many clients and students over the years called How to Survive the Loss of a Love. Often I’m suggesting that someone pick this book up when they are looking at the end of a long-term partnership type relationship, like marriage. And most likely […]
Continue ReadingA Rose by Any Other Name
Well, I certainly received a lot of feedback from last month’s newsletter, Me First Darling. It seems I’m not alone in feeling this Spring has been a high stress time and some of us needed a reminder to slow down, and even permission to put our own needs first! Along those lines, I have some […]
Continue ReadingMe First, Darling!
Here we are entering the last month of Spring and many clients and students have been complaining about feeling a lack of energy. I have chosen the topic “self-care” as a reminder to put our health and wellness on a priority list. Or as I like to say “me first, darling!” If you have been […]
Continue ReadingLove, Comfort and Food
When we are feeling stressed or anxious or sometimes just numb, we often reach for food as a way to comfort ourselves. Does this sound familiar? The familiarity and comfort of eating may bring a sensation of temporary peace, but the side effects can be disastrous, including: Obesity Addictive behaviors Eating disorders Bloating Cramping Depression […]
Continue ReadingEasy Ways to Improve Energy This Spring
As we enter March I start to think of the Spring coming and the idea of Spring Cleaning comes to mind. Not only do we get to Spring clean our homes, I think of Spring cleaning my holistic self, that is body, mind, spirit and emotions. And that’s how to Improve Energy. One way I […]
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