Christmas Podcast Episode #2

It was brought home to me very powerfully this week, to hear a sweet young mother giving thanks for what she has and adjusting her outlook to the parameters that are her reality right now. Her gratitude, in the midst of what has been frustrating circumstances in her...

When it comes to self-care, what is the biggest mental hurdle that gets in the way of your planning and accepting care? I'm going to take a guess that it is the sense that amid your family responsibilities, you don't feel that you have the time, or that you might be...

A truth that was brought home to me lately is that the tired and rundown version of ourselves comes across to our peeps an awful lot like our angry and frustrated self. Very similar energy that tells people to watch out, there's uncertainty ahead! Not a pretty...

Sometimes I get into trouble when my thinking is too black and white. Do you ever realize that you are stalled in a decision because you're thinking only all of one thing and nothing of another will do? Maybe there is a sweet spot of compromise in the middle...

At the synaptic space, that juncture before each thought we think, lies our power to choose. The more we are the master of our thoughts, the more power we have to create the outcomes we want in our lives and in the lives of our children. We will create, one way or the...

What do you need today? Someone to talk to? Inspiration? Relaxation? Some kind of decompression? On any given day, give yourself what you need. Feeling too intense? Maybe you need some comic relief! Know any good jokes? Have a favorite funny movie? Maybe you are are...

We're going to be talking more about Primary food and self-care! Not that we need reminders about that right?  Ha!   https://youtu.be/QQ0CZB_DUzE As you listen to this gorgeous music, think about what activities you do, or have done in the past, that make you...

I am amazed at the two-year-old's I know.  When you ask them a question, they know the answer...right now! Do you want a drink? No. Would you like to get down? Yes. Do you need your pants changed? Nope. Are you hungry? Yeah. No thinking about it or considering the...

Self-validation sounds like this: "My feelings matter and I care about my well-being." "I am kind, gentle, respectful and firm with myself." "I am worthy of  my own love and attention." "I am capable of making decisions for myself." "I can learn and I continue to...

Toby pulled me away from a sink of dishes with his chocolate face turned up beside me, his chocolate eyes asking me to follow.  He led me to the front door and I let him out; but that was only half of his request. He wanted to walk and see the world down the dirt road...