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Resilience

Winter – the Time to Unpack Your “Bags”

Winter is the time to unpack the heavy baggage you have been carrying the past year and rest. As your load gets lighter, you come home to yourself. Without unpacking your bags in the winter, you continue......

3 Steps to Reclaim Winter and Create Your Best Year Yet

In the northern hemisphere, the New Year lands on the other side of holiday busyness and into the heart of winter. I love the new year – not for its......

The Sweetest Heart-opening Practice Ever.

All is silent, except for little feet crunching leaves and the sound of birdseed landing on the ground. With each step, my shoulders drop, I begin to feel a little......

Create more Inner Real Estate…Remedy to Mental Fatigue

Thoughts have been taking up too much real estate in my head lately.  Space is at a premium, as it is pretty darn occupied.  Many clients and friends are experiencing......

3 Ways Nature Helps to Heal Your Inner Child

Yes, I still have inner temper tantrums now and again. I forget how to use my words. Lose my bearings in my adult body, and my inner compass spins. In......

Healing the Past – By Reclaiming Your Inner Landscape

Stressful experiences, both chronic and acute, can etch your inner landscape and make their presence known through anxiety, reactivity, judgment, feeling closed off/constricted, or overall feelings of disconnection. Each of......

The Medicine of Winter – Sacred Stillness

An often overlooked gift from Nature is winter. Winter reminds us to rest and restore so we can emerge in the Spring ready to create. However, recently, I’ve been reminded......

Forest Bathing and a Panamanian Elder

It was 1996, and one of my many nicknames was “Caffeine,” except spelled with a K to mimic my name, Kathleen. I had to admit it was pretty funny and......

Developing Resilience During Troubling Times

We are all journeying through uncharted territories.  There is a lot of uncertainty about the future, and regular routines and schedules are gone.  This can all feel ungrounding, unsettling, and......

Spiritual Growth, Nature, and the End of Suffering

How does connecting with nature apply to our spiritual growth and ultimately end internal suffering?  By observing nature, we cultivate more inner stillness and quiet. With this, we become more......