We meet up at the trailhead at a local nature preserve. He’s a COO of a $25 million company with a number of direct reports. The team is in the middle of a strategic planning process for the upcoming year. He gets out of the car and stands in front of me, posture rigid, jaw […]
Organization
TWO Spring Events!
I’m am VERY excited about SPRING! Why? Because I’ll be part of TWO events celebrating self-care AND the outdoors. Event #1: Poised – a daylong self-care event happening in Tega Cay, NC. I’ll be offering Forest Bathing sessions and there will be several other wildly talented practitioners offering sound therapy, wild movement, and more! Stop. […]
Want to try Forest Bathing?
I’ve been invited to be part of Poised 2022 to lead two forest bathing sessions! Interested in joining me? Read more: On March 6, 2022, we create time for the pause. This pause allows us to soften to ourselves, restore our souls, and anchor into our lives. The day includes singing bowls, meditations, reiki, tuning […]
Forest Therapy
I spend a LOT of time in nature. I’m barefoot there whenever possible. It’s my happy place and my church. It’s where my husband and I go to reconnect. The quiet soothes my soul. The more-than-human-world touches my heart. I also take some of my clients out into Nature with me. There’s something that happens […]
If you’re crying at night after work
I think I’ve hit a nerve with a couple of recent posts about “stopping and softening.” You can read one of them in their entirety with the link below. I asked a couple of questions at the end of the one linked below: “But if you have all the money in the world, but don’t […]
Is the Hustle worth it?
I posted recently about the weekend my hubs and I spent relaxing on a houseboat for his birthday. My theme was “stop and soften.” My friend Frank L Schwartz Jr read my post and commented, “I think most of us confuse activity for industry… believing the Insta-Hustle-Accumulate-Showoff lifestyle to be the desired state, we hurriedly […]