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Boulder Community Health Decreases Employee Stress 20%!
In the midst of all the transition in healthcare today, with 2 out 3 healthcare providers reporting feelings of emotional, physical, and mental exhaustion, Boulder Community Health (BCH) wanted to offer their staff relief and support them in preparation for moving their hospital to a new facility. Administration wanted to give staff practical tools and…
Keep Reading...Silence is Loud
I had the privilege of leading several Your Mindful Year trainings and retreats last month to a variety of groups, from high school and pre-school teachers, to therapists and healthcare providers. I am happy to say they were very well received and the most powerful part of each program was re-discovering silence is loud. Your…
Keep Reading...Top 10 Reasons to be Mindful
Mindfulness, being awake and aware in the present moment is so powerful because it is the only place we can decide, create, listen, act, and live. When we cultivate the kind of awareness that comes through mindfulness practices, we have the opportunity to pause and choose how we respond to the inevitable triggers and stresses…
Keep Reading...Release Me
Do you ever find yourself holding on to things tightly, not wanting to let go, either an idea or thought or feeling, even if it’s not serving you? I also hold on to relationships that no longer work—to projects or hobbies I am no longer excited about, and commitments I actually dread keeping. Then there…
Keep Reading...Look for the Good
In Anusara yoga, the yoga I practice and teach, we say “Look for the Good first.” That translates beautifully into looking at a student’s posture and giving them positive feedback before you make alignment and adjustment queues. It also is a great reminder for us recovering perfectionists who can easily find what’s wrong instead of…
Keep Reading...Top 10 Ways to Age Gracefully (from the inside out)
After working in the emergency room for 23 years, the health and fitness field for 25 years, and life coaching for 15 years, I have had plenty of opportunity to work with people who were not aging so gracefully. Today, 60,000 baby boomers turn 60 every day. Wow! We are the largest percentage of the…
Keep Reading...Just Breathe!! 3 Exercises You can Do Anytime, Anywhere
When I worked as an emergency room nurse, where tension was often high and patience short, I learned the power of taking a deep breath. It’s unrealistic to ask someone to “relax” when they are in pain, anxious about what might be wrong with them, and have absolutely no control over their environment. Whether a…
Keep Reading...The Trouble With Transformation
There is so much talk about transformation these days. Even with me, at my last Yoga Retreat in Costa Rica, I told them all they had the perfect opportunity for transformation. I am always eager to transform my business, body, relationships and life. But this can be a slippery slope. Here is the trouble with…
Keep Reading...Making Space for Your Highest
To lead your best and biggest life, you need to claim your highest first: Your highest joy, highest good, highest aspiration. What is most important? What holds the most passion and excitement—and maybe even the most discomfort—for you? What do you want more of in your life? We easily talk about our priorities, but life…
Keep Reading...3 Courageous Things to Say When You are Paralyzed
I consider myself a pretty courageous person, until of course fear comes into the picture. When I get afraid, my primal instinct is to run and hide. I become completely paralyzed, unable to do anything. I think I am keeping myself safe and secure until I find out more information, do more research, the timing…
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