Simple Heart-Centered Meditation Technique Recently, I was at a women's retreat with Dr. Aviva Romm and Pilar Gerasimo. One of the takeaways I had from the retreat is the incredible power of regular meditation. I've not only studied this now for years, but know the personal power of making quiet times a regular part of [...]
Move Your Body, Calm Your Mind Here in New Jersey, we're hitting the steamy hot days of August, trying to stay cool and enjoying the last stretch of relaxed schedules before school starts. We just got back from our family vacation at the Jersey shore, and this year, Maddie and Brian took to the waves [...]
Motherhood: How Breastfeeding and Weaning Affect Your Emotions When I think of hormones, I think about the hormonal jungle I had to navigate as I made my way through pregnancy, birthing, breastfeeding, and weaning. Looking back, what made these experiences all the more challenging was that they didn’t “look or feel” like anything I was [...]
35 Questions to Reflect, (Re)connect and Replenish I'm thrilled to share with you the Replenish Discussion Guide -- full of 35 questions you can use to reflect, (re)connect with yourself and replenish. I've been blessed with tremendous friendships all through my life-- but, the truth is, I felt distinctly void of them when I became a [...]
The simplest (and cheapest) self-care tool out there... Of all the self-care tools out there, I still believe that a little time, a journal and a pen are among the most powerful. Because there is nothing quite like a mama who knows herself...and, as a result, knows who she is becoming. Within the pages of [...]
Feeling Lazy and Uninspired? Read this... I'm hearing it all over the place. In the casual conversations between moms outside the school, in the grocery lines, as I chat with friends online. There is a collective exhaustion that hits us right about this time -- and for good reason. Winter is a time of inhalation. [...]
The Secret to Moving Smoothly through Menopause Want to know the #1 secret to moving through menopause smoothly and enjoyably? Stop stressing out! Here's the deal: Up until you enter menopause your ovaries make the majority of the estrogen, progesterone and testosterone your body needs to stay juicy, vital, intimate and spunky. These sex hormones [...]
What does your "Veil of PMS" tell you? I want to tackle PMS head on today because it's a huge issue for so many women. And I truly believe that the only way to resolve and relieve PMS symptoms is to take an integrative approach. But there is another aspect about PMS that is far [...]
How to Eliminate your Overwhelm and Overdrive Tendencies If you find yourself toggling between overdrive and overwhelm most of the day (or at least most of your "bad" days)...you aren't alone. Not by a long shot. It's something I struggle with and most all moms I work with struggle with as well. Finding that center [...]
5 Ways to Cool Off from the Heat of Summer These New Jersey summers have got me thinking about how to chill out and cool off because when I'm hot and sticky all day long, my nerves and patience tend to have a short fuse, too...can anyone else relate? Here are 5 ways you can [...]