Monthly Archives: September 2014

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Are you overscheduled?

By | 2017-12-23T08:44:49+00:00 September 9th, 2014|Categories: Uncategorized|

Our modern society seems to thrive on activity, accomplishments, "being on the go." The costs include the following: running on adrenaline, running on empty, lack of rest and restoration, and being out of balance. Check out this quiz to see if you are suffering from being overscheduled? This link also includes useful information about sleep, stress, [...]

“Pausing” to break old habits…

By | 2017-12-23T08:45:19+00:00 September 7th, 2014|Categories: Uncategorized|

I am familiar with that tendency towards my own auto-pilot, i.e. reacting in a particular way to someone close to me (getting angry, or avoiding). Pema Chodron, in her book Taking the Leap: Freeing Ourselves from Old Habits and Fears asks us to think about which wolf we want to feed -- the wolf whose stomach [...]