Skillful Living Blog for Empty Nesters
Why do anything that is good for you?
Once upon a time, I was in a yoga class and the teacher asked us, "why are you here doing yoga?" We thought we were there because we enjoyed yoga. He said we were there because we love ourselves. Going to yoga was an act of self-love. After 20 years of...
Last weekend I attended a personal development seminar which quite honestly, I wasn't excited about attending. It started on Friday night at 6:30pm and went to 10:30pm that evening. The next two days were scheduled for 10am-7pm and that seemed like a long time to me. Also, the drive was 35...
I recently did a talk at a networking lunch about "Being".
You might wonder...what is "Being" and what does it have to do with me?
My talk was titled, "The Art of Being...Discovering Your True Self".
It was well-received, and if nothing else, it changed people's perception of me.
My goal was to...
This is a concept that has been on my mind to share for a long time.
I want to help people understand that a well-developed life takes practice.
This concept came to me when I started practicing yoga.
I learned that it was a practice early on and that to feel better in mind, body, and spirit, I...
I have actually coached people on how to better deal with their families around the holidays.
Because of the mix of personalities in the family, there is bound to be some discord - and my family is no exception!
I have personal experience practicing self-constraint and using my...
At any given time we are planted in the triad of the past, the present, and the future.
We focus on painful memories or we worry about what the future holds, and at the same time, we are busy doing.
The problem, and where people suffer, is in not focusing on who they...