When you are socially engaged you have frequent activity with family and community groups. Research shows this lifestyle significantly extends your healthy and happy years. The Stanford Center on Longevity, however, has released a worrisome finding about those between age 55 and 64. Their project survey found that the members in this age group are less socially-engaged than their parents. …
Retiring soon? Changing jobs? Going off to college? Getting married or divorced? Having a baby? Diagnosed with a new disease? Life is full of challenges. A huge life change creates huge challenges. For the past two years I have been studying neuroscience findings about how our brains and bodies process stress and produce happiness. I would like to share a …
Just Dance Life is a dance. We dance between hope and failure, between love and hurt, between anger and joy, between feeling full of appreciation and abundance and feeling scarcity. We can change our dance. As we approach 2016, how you want to step into the coming year? Do you want to jazz it up? Is your life boringly the …
In my own life as well as those of my clients, there are moments where we may need to accept “what is.” There are other moments when we need to mindfully push forward toward a goal. This blog post will explore thoughts about how to differentiate these moments. I would welcome your thoughts about this existential dilemma we all face, …
The serenity of the Cross Wind Conference Center in Hesston, KS awaits women who are looking for time away from their usual hurried life, and who want to develop reliable skills for creating empowered inner serenity. Participants in this guided retreat will have time to rest, and will practice mindful techniques to increase happiness and emotional resilience. Gentle beginner’s yoga, …
Retiring soon? Changing jobs? Going off to college? Getting married or divorced? Having a baby? Diagnosed with a new disease? Life is full of challenges. A huge life change creates huge challenges. For the past two years I have been studying neuroscience findings about how our brains and bodies process stress and produce happiness. I would like to share a …
Life presents smart women with huge decisions. We can react in the moment; reacting is about doing what “feels right”. Reactions are made from the heart, with maybe a bit of cultural training and some PTSD from hard knocks added. The better alternative is to respond to these challenges, as responding is a much higher-quality decision process. It involves sound …