Aug 5, 2016 | Embodiment, Mindfulness, Personal Growth, Self-Care
“Just look at her and she’ll bruise.” That’s what my mother used to say about my level of sensitivity. And yes, it is true. I am extremely sensitive. My feelings get hurt easily. Criticism, especially for something I care about and have worked...
May 19, 2016 | Mindfulness, Personal Growth, Self-Care
In less than two weeks, Memorial Day will be here to kick-off the vacation season. You may have vacation plans you secured months ago or scramble to get some sort of good enough get-away happen for you, your friends, and family. But there is a question that begs to be...
Apr 19, 2016 | Mindfulness, Personal Growth, Self-Care
A few weeks ago I led two Burnout Prevention workshops for a group of female physicians and researchers. Having worked in the medical field and a teaching hospital myself (I also graduated from the Medical College of Georgia where I briefly dated a med student who...
Jan 28, 2016 | Mindfulness, Personal Growth, Self-Care
Does your partner need you less stressed? Because mine did. Prior to my chronic stress collapse, my stress level had been steadily escalating for many years. I had been given more responsibility at work. My mind was pre-occupied with how to get things done, who needed...
Dec 8, 2015 | Mindfulness, Personal Growth, Self-Care
Before I enter a coaching relationship with a client, I ask her to tell me what she has tried to resolve her chronic stress. I will never forget Roxana’s response. She answered, ‘I tried to be vulnerable once…that was stressful!’ I smiled to myself and thought,...
Sep 8, 2015 | Personal Growth, Self-Care
No one can take care of you but you. It’s painful to come to this realization. It’s the death of hope that someone, somewhere will step up, step out, stand in, and be there for you. No one can take care of you but you. There is grief in this understanding. Adulthood...
