What is a Mother?

With Mothers’ Day just past, I’ve been thinking: What is a mother? What makes a mother? You see, it started with thoughts about my friends who are happy to be mothers, as well as friends who are less happy to be mothers. I thought about friends who want to be mothers but aren’t, friends who […]

Enter the cave: get uncomfortable to get what you want

Every once in awhile it seems there’s something (a quote, a photo, an article, something a friend says…) that strikes you just right and sticks with you. Today I’d like to write about one of those things. Every week I hang a quote of the week in our waiting area. A few months ago I found […]

How do we make change that lasts?

So, you want to make a New Year’s resolution? You want to make a change in your life? Everyone’s statistics are different, but we know that most New Year’s resolutions don’t happen. Why? Making change is difficult! This week’s blog is going to try to make it easier for you! Last week we talked about […]

Making change: What do you want to add and subtract in 2014?

This busy time of year we’re not only preparing for the holidays, we’re also preparing for the end of 2013, and that means we’re preparing for the beginning of the New Year, 2014! The wonderful thing about a new year is a new start, the feeling that we have a clean slate and can make changes, […]

How to know when to take a break? Trust yourself, do a Me Check!

Last week I started to tackle the question “How do you know when to take a break and when to push yourself?“ As you may remember, so far I’ve come to the conclusion that we want to work and act at a level that is our best all the time. But, of course, it isn’t actually possible […]

“You can do anything, but not everything.” And not all at once!

I don’t know about you, but life is busy! When you’re trying to balance work, school, relationships, family, friends, running, eating well, (insert your own activities here…), and, what? Taking care of myself?  Uff. It is difficult to know which way to turn! It is difficult to feel like I’m doing a good job! Where […]

Music for your life

How do you feel about music? Do you have a favorite type of music? Is the music you listen to when you’re happy different from the music you listen to when you’re sad? Do you use music to relax? Although we may not think of it very often, music is very important to us as […]

When you don’t know what to do, communicate

I didn’t expect to write this blog today. I planned to write about running. Sometimes life doesn’t fit in with our plans. Today life re-taught me a lesson. And sometimes, when we don’t expect it, life does that. Since it is so fresh for me, I’m going to share my lesson. Maybe you will be […]