Meditation Mountain: A Technique for Beginners

Meditation Mountain

Meditation is one of those things we tell ourselves we should be doing…we just never get around to actually doing it. Kinda like flossing or cleaning out the hall closet. There are plenty of thing that can stress you out during your day: traffic, gossipy coworkers, your misbehaving kids, a messy spouse, etc. Thankfully, meditation [...]

Planning Your Lunch With Minimal Effort

So, what’s for lunch? Who knows, right? Most of us just kind of “wing it.” I mean, it’s only lunch. The purpose of lunch is to get you from breakfast (if you ate it) to dinner without interrupting your busy day of checking things off your very important to-do list. You think, “Oh, I’ll just [...]

Breaking Up With the Couch Playlist

Breaking Up With the Couch Playlist

Look, this has been going on for long enough, and it’s time for us to part. I’ll admit that you caught my eye the first time we met, and you really swept me off my feet. You were super supportive, and you made me feel so comfortable in your embrace. But after a while, I [...]

I Want to Hold Your Hand

I Want to Hold Your Hand

It was a sink-or-swim moment…and I was sinking—fast. How did this happen? Why was there no one to help me? Let me back up a bit. When I was in my mid 20s, I was hired for a job that focused on wellness and making women’s lives better. And as you can tell from my [...]

Are You an Early Bird or a Night Owl?

Are You an Early Bird or a Night Owl?

When I was in college, I’d regularly complain about 8:00 am classes. “It’s so early!” I’d whine while trudging through the snow across the quad. Thank goodness for cinnamon hot chocolate to get my butt out of bed or else I’m sure I would have failed all my classes…or at least the ones during the [...]