Hi everyone! I'm super excited to announce that I'll be starting a new round of the 30-Day Mindfulness Meditation Challenge on May 15. I know many of you were toying with the idea when I...
I wonder if Nelson Mandela might have felt like this allium bud while imprisoned at Robben Island for 18 years. I wonder if, despite his captivity, he always knew that his potential,...
Hi everyone! We returned from South Africa yesterday. What an amazing journey! Several blog posts will come out that adventure eventually. Today, though, as I catch up from being away for...
I wish I had taken a picture of him, but that would have been awkward. We were on our way up the Indian Fenster trail of Cape Town, South Africa's Table Mountain. Fortunately my husband...
The sanctuary bells burst into song as I pulled into a parking space at the Light of Truth Universal Shrine (LOTUS) in Buckingham, Virginia. In a pretty decent rendition of Julie Andrews...
Greetings friends! Just a quick note today to let you know how excited I am to be part of the amazing speaker lineup at this year's Modern Femme Movement Convention May 4-6 in Virginia...
This piece appeared originally on TinyBuddha.com. “It is only in solitude that I ever find my own core.” ~Anne Morrow Lindbergh When was the last time you took yourself on a date? Not just...
Vacation and any other sort of travel can wreak havoc on your mindfulness practice. My personal routine on a normal day is to get up early, before anyone else in the house is close to...
The weather was crazy in February in Northern Virginia, with temperatures reaching summer levels for several days at a time. Yesterday it hit 80 degrees. Tonight we'll drop back down to...
It’s Thursday, blog day, and as I sit here trying to collect my thoughts, I realize what an extraordinarily strange and eye opening week it’s been. Uncertainty seems to grow day by day,...
Have you ever taken a good hard look at your listening skills? I’ve been giving this a lot of thought over the past few months. It started when I was answering questions after a book talk...
Greetings friends!I am SO excited to finally unveil in full my new offering that begins next Wednesday, February 15th. Are you ready???? 30-Day Mindfulness Meditation Challenge Featuring...