Instead of following the standard path often recommended for menopausal women, I’m taking another route.

I keep asking myself: what kind of attention is really needed?

3 Easy ways to Regain and Maintain your Sense of Calm, Clarity of Mind and Reasonableness of Thinking

Slowing down, savoring simplicity and embracing presence. As I embrace this aspect of life more deeply, the projects I do are infused with more joyful intentionality and less with the stressful energy of functional productivity.

We are a beautiful blend of energy and matter. What can we do when our nervous system is locked in the stress response? Here is 1 simple option.

It’s the season of STRENGTH. It’s time to get your energy directed in a useful way towards fulfilling your desires, whether that’s cleaning out a closet or starting a new career path. What gets that process going?

Do you have the space you need to hear your innermost thoughts, to follow your own guidance and to know what you truly want, need and dream of? Here are 3 steps that will create space and allow a calmer lifestyle to exist.

How does one regain the inner quiet or maintain some form of balance during these times? Maybe you only have 5 or 10 minutes – great – start there. Here are several ideas to get you started.

Calming your fear and overwhelm may have become part of your daily routine over the last year. It certainly has been a trying time and we all need ways to navigate this.

By keeping the Vagus Nerve toned and in good condition, we impact many of our physical and emotional systems and build up our resilience to bounce back from challenge, stress & fear.

For too long we have given our power away to those we see as authority figures, be it a practitioner, teacher, cultural structure …

No one in their right mind tries to learn how to sail here on the Columbia River in the windsurfing capital of the world. Ok, admittedly, not the wisest move ever.

Nature has its seasons. We are part of nature. So why is there so much resistance to natural cycles and flows in our culture? The short answer is due to

Yes, our outer world is in massive transformation and I hold to the belief that we will come out of this living much more intentionally, respectfully and compassionately. But to get there requires all of us to do our part …

Activate the energies within that promote inner joy, peace, harmony and stillness. Fill yourself up so that what you contribute to the world is offered from a place of fullness and overflow.

I was called to work on an injured racehorse and reduced the pain and inflammation to the point that the veterinarian could do his “doctoring.” I thought it might be the beginning of a business relationship.

Winter is the season of dreaming, of deep nourishment, of stillness. And when we are able to embrace the gifts of the season, we have the energy, the clarity, the enthusiasm and the wisdom to make our dreams come true.