“Rest and self-care are so important. When you take time to replenish your spirit, it allows you to serve others from the overflow. You cannot serve from an empty vessel.” ~ Eleanor Brown In these times of uncertainty and stress, nurturing ourselves has become more important than ever. As our…
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“May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears.” ~Nelson Mandela We are in an unprecedented time of world wide crisis. With a national state of emergency, cancellations of schools and public events, and more cases of the coronavirus reported each day, many of us are feeling overwhelmed and anxious.…
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“When you recover or discover something that nourishes your soul and brings joy, care enough about yourself to make room for it in your life.” ~Jean Shinoda Bolen I love this quote from Jean Shinoda Bolen and share it often when I am speaking about self-nurturing. It is a beautiful…
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“The sooner we let go of holding on, the sooner we can hold on to the beauty of what's unfolding before us. Nothing was ever meant to stay the same forever.” ~ Julieanne O’Connor I have so needed to be reminded of Juieanne’s wisdom about letting go and allowing the…
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“Sorrow prepares you for joy. It violently sweeps everything out of your house, so that new joy can find space to enter. It shakes the yellow leaves from the bough of your heart, so that fresh, green leaves can grow in their place. It pulls up the rotten roots, so…
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“I have come to see the cultivation of mindfulness as a radical act - a radical act of sanity, of self-compassion, and ultimately of love.” ~Jon Kabat-Zinn I am so inspired by Jon Kabat-Zinn’s wisdom and always share this quote in my “Healing Power of Presence” mindfulness workshop. On Monday,…
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"Self-care is never a selfish act - It is simply good stewardship of the only gift I have, the gift I was put on earth to offer others.” ~Parker Palmer What an amazing week of self-nurturing I had last week! It began with a writing retreat in Palm Springs and…
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“Peace begins when expectation ends.” ~Sri Chinmoy At our “Self-Nurturing Through the Holidays" workshop on Saturday, my daughter Fiona and I started by asking each participant what they found stressful about the holidays. A common answer from the three generations of participants present was expectations. Participants explained that unrealistic expectations…
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"You can't get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.” ~Jane Goodall October is Domestic Violence Awareness month. I participated in multiple awareness raising events…
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“Death ends a life, not a relationship.” ~Mitch Albom In the past few weeks many people in my life have lost loved ones - parents, friends, and partners. After sharing about my daughter’s recent car accident, many people shared with me that their children or family members had died in…
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