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5 Ways to Be Sick to Get Well
Last month I woke up to a sore throat, headache, and general exhaustion. That day, I proudly surrendered and spent the day on the couch. Day 2: I felt better, but still rested– just to be sure. Day 3: I thought I was over it and stayed upright working all day. Day 4: I crashed…
Keep Reading...How Grateful Are You?
Last week I was in ICU at the bedside of my dear friend with septicemia and endocarditis. She looked so small and fragile in that big bed, hooked up to multiple medicines and monitors with a constant entourage of providers poking, prodding, and asking numerous questions. I felt incredibly sad and anxious, with the severity…
Keep Reading...7 Acts of Loving-Kindness
I chose compassion, an intention from Your Mindful Year for my personal theme last month, knowing I would be challenged with a full traveling schedule. Compassion is practicing loving-kindness toward ourselves and others. Because what we focus on expands, while my intention was to treat myself kindly, I was unexpectedly showered with loving kindness from…
Keep Reading...Breathing Space to Lead
I was honored to be a part of the VHAtv Nursing Leadership Series a couple of months ago to discuss how mindfulness can help us be better leaders. As it turns out, the traits that contribute to excellence in leadership are the same qualities cultivated with mindfulness. They include: – Presence – Focus and creating…
Keep Reading...Care for the Caregiver
I have received many testimonials from a wide variety of people who have experienced 30 Days to Grace in the last 12 months. The beautiful outcome of this practice is that it has touched people in a way I could never have imagined when I set out to find an simple way to honor my…
Keep Reading...Wake Up to Synergy
My intention for this month is “I embrace all the synergy in life”. I chose this because I realized how often I am not present and able to appreciate the divine order of things. Our days are full of synergy, we just have to be awake and aware enough to notice it like when you think…
Keep Reading...I Don’t Have Time for This!
I am in the middle of overhauling my website and the phrase I continue to say to myself is “I don’t have time for this!” I am too busy to focus and create and write all the copy and look at other sites and think about keywords, and figure out what do I really want…
Keep Reading...It Takes a Village (The Power of the Second Opinion)
So often in life, we don’t know what we don’t know. Hence, the African proverb of “It takes a village to raise a child”, shortened by Hillary Clinton in her presidential campaign to, “It takes a village”. Each of us has our own perspectives, experiences and opinions, which are always different, at least in part from somebody…
Keep Reading...Getting Grounded: "Root to Rise" in a World of Change
Yesterday, I woke up at 6 a.m. to a snowstorm here in Denver, where we enjoyed 16 inches in the north metro area. By noon the sun was out, and by 3:00 p.m. the streets were dry! Our springtime in the Rockies is all about change, volatile change. Come to think of it, I have…
Keep Reading...Can You Hear Me Now? Aging Gracefully with Healthcare Conference Testing
I just returned from Jonesboro, Arkansas for the Annual Girl Talk Women’s Health Conference and was once again reminded that knowledge is power. They had free screenings in the morning including cholesterol, mammograms, ekgs, hearing and eye testing, osteoporosis, and dental. After some cajoling by Emily, the organizer of the event, I decided to be…
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