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Holistic healing, leadership, yoga, and mindfulness to thrive in work and in life.
Empowering Transformation: Stories from Retreat
There's an undeniable magic when people gather on a journey of self-discovery and renewal. I've been reflecting on the incredible experiences shared during my retreats and wanted to share them with you. I am so grateful for these leaders who immersed in the experience...
Resilience
Why Words Matter.
Be careful of the way you’re speaking to yourself, because you are listening! Our words shape our whole world. The Reticular Activating System (RAS) is a network of neurons in your brainstem that filters the 14,000,000 bits of information we receive at any one time...
This is your sign to take a break.
Skipping lunch and other burnout habits. If you’ve experienced burnout, you know the feeling of total physical, emotional and mental exhaustion – but that’s not all burnout is. It comes with a drop in concentration and productivity, feelings of emptiness, loneliness,...
Ditch your resolutions and do this instead.
Five ways to be kinder to yourself in 2022 It’s officially 2022, and three days into the new year many of us will have set up "resolutions" for health, fitness, business, or other goals you might be striving towards. That's the problem for me... "striving". Striving...
Four mantras that got me through 2020
That can help us all acheive success in 2021 Lovely readers, As most of you will know it’s been a helluva year for me. In the space of four months my long-term relationship ended (badly), I was treated unkindly by the person I loved immensely and thought I would...
Four Steps to Discovering Purpose
Building personal resilience is about consistent habits to prepare for and manage periods of difficulty of stress. Integrate Resilient Rituals into your day to day to build personal resilience and thrive – in work and life! I've thought a lot about purpose...
Leadership
The Power of a Mid-Year Reset: Five Questions to Ask Yourself.
Can you believe we're already halfway through the year? July is a great time to hit pause and get a lay of the land. Are you on track to do what you want to do this year, how are you looking after yourself in the process? The summer is the perfect time to take a...
Four Steps to Discovering Purpose
Building personal resilience is about consistent habits to prepare for and manage periods of difficulty of stress. Integrate Resilient Rituals into your day to day to build personal resilience and thrive – in work and life! I've thought a lot about purpose...
Ostrich vs. Peacock: Strategies for starting a new job.
Strategies for starting a new job from the bird kingdom.
Leading from Within
Meditating your way to the top This article is adapted from a talk I gave at the Society of Women Engineers Annual Conference in Austin - I was thrilled when SWE accepted my submission, as I'm working more in bringing together my various and seemingly contrasting...
Forgiveness and goal-setting
As we leave 2016 and start to plan for the year ahead I find we are very unforgiving towards ourselves - for last years mistakes, things we didn't achieve, how terribly we ate and drank over the holiday period (hi there...). I'm guilty of this, and as a result become...
Yoga & Wellness
Why Words Matter.
Be careful of the way you’re speaking to yourself, because you are listening! Our words shape our whole world. The Reticular Activating System (RAS) is a network of neurons in your brainstem that filters the 14,000,000 bits of information we receive at any one time...
Why Retreat? Three surprising reasons to unplug and leave it all behind.
"We’re drawn to retreat, but we can’t remain in it. The solitude of prayer and retreat renews us. Not only to be refreshed ourselves but to refresh—to love—others. As Rowan Williams says, retreat is “not some individual technique for communing with the divine but the...
Four mantras that got me through 2020
That can help us all acheive success in 2021 Lovely readers, As most of you will know it’s been a helluva year for me. In the space of four months my long-term relationship ended (badly), I was treated unkindly by the person I loved immensely and thought I would...
Five ways to heal from stress (and cope better next time).
Whether it's a one-off episode, short-term stressors, or long-term mental health challenges, healing is a journey. Here are five ways to build healing from stress into your life right now - and cope better next time it comes around. A few weeks ago, I was filming a...
How to become a master of your reactions
Whether it's bad traffic, a still-lifted toilet seat, or someone interrupting you at work, we all have things that annoy, upset, or full on send us into a spiral, these four steps will help you - gradually - become a master of your reactions and spend your energy on...