Yesterday morning I had coffee with a fellow mindfulness teacher in the tiny town of Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. As we swapped stories about how we were led to this work, she spoke of helping couples who had been through some sort of trauma – an affair, addiction, etc. – but were trying to repair...
I was scared. I was tooling down the D.C. Beltway when another car pulled up right next to me, blaring its horn. The passengers were madly gesticulating to me, but I had no idea what they were saying. All I knew was that they looked angry. Menacing. I thought, “Are they trying to run me off the...
Have you ever achieved perfect balance at high speed? Centering isn’t about achieving balance – it’s about keeping it. I used to love to make pottery. This summer while packing for my impending move I discovered my old pottery wheel, and along with it a rather floppy pot that was my first...
The most under-discussed aspect of Sheryl Sandberg's Lean In is her recommendation to pay attention to your choice of partner when planning your career success. We don't talk about it much, but I agree with her that it's the dynamic between working women and their support network - especially...
When women are spending time out of the workforce, much of their volunteer work—and home work—nurtures children. When I read Stacey Epstein’s Inc. magazine article, “Raise Your Daughters to be Leaders”, I was reminded that we can all play a role in nurturing future women leaders in our local and...
Are you squandering your rights? In a free society, within the limits of the law, any prison you find yourself in was made by you. Other people might have handed you the bricks, but you put them in place and applied the mortar. These kinds of prisons are built of beliefs – about ourselves, others...
By: Marlene Wallace With life’s many ups and downs come varying degrees of stress. At times, I have actually used stress to fuel my drive as I strove for a promotion at work; but, at other points, mounting anxiety has had almost a crippling effect on my productivity and - more importantly - my...
My second son just graduated High School and heads off to VA Tech next Fall. He’s the last one out of the nest and it’s got me thinking about the first half of my parenting life – the half where they are children. I’m grateful for so many things about being a parent, not the least of which is...
When someone blows up at you, is your first thought, “What did I do?” or is it “What’s with them?” Relationships always take two. Give others responsibility for their half and take the other half for yourself. Only your half. This week someone blew up at me unexpectedly. After the fact I...
By: Kristi Hedges It was never easy to leave a lasting impression on others. Now, it’s nearly impossible. The precious real estate in our brains is oversold, and as study after study shows, we’re becoming increasingly overwhelmed and distracted. Consider that the average American hears or reads...
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