Blog


  • Mindful Monday

    How to use your body to soothe your mind. Calm Practice Name Your Emotion Naming our emotions can be healing and helpful. It allows us to create space for how we feel while we are processing the emotion. Externalizing emotions can help to down-regulate the limbic system and amygdala (the emotion centers in the brain).…

    Read more

  • Welcome May

    Subscribe to the Greater Good Science Center and sync the Happiness Calendar with your iCal or Good Calendar!

    Read more

  • Wordy Wednesday

    I’m sharing more words from my word calendar this past week! πŸ“šπŸ““ Let’s learn some new words and enhance our vocabulary without the help of Chat GPT, Claude or Gemini!Β  πŸ˜‚ How will you apply at least one of these words to your daily life? Conversations, workshops and presentations, and journaling and reflection, to name…

    Read more

  • Mindful Monday

    How to use your body to soothe your mind. Calm Practice Psychological Sigh Have you ever noticed the double inhale followed by the long sighing exhale that happens after an emotional release such as, a big cry? This instinctual recalibrating breath is called a physiological sigh. It is a rapid way to calm anxiety and…

    Read more

  • Wordy Wednesday

    I’m sharing more words from my word calendar this past week! πŸ“šπŸ““ Let’s learn some new words and enhance our vocabulary without the help of Chat GPT, Claude or Gemini!Β  πŸ˜‚ How will you apply at least one of these words to your daily life? Conversations, workshops and presentations, and journaling and reflection, to name…

    Read more

  • Mindful Monday

    How to use your body to soothe your mind. Calm Practice Ground in Nature Nature soothes and heals. A quick change in environment can help manage overwhelming emotions. Pause what you are doing and step outside. You could take a nature walk, light hike, visit a local park or stroll around the block. It might…

    Read more

  • Foodie Friday

    Healthy Recipe of the Week I love a couple eggs on whole wheat toast for breakfast, but another favorite is cracking Β an egg or two in a skillet with vegetables for dinner. While it might seem like an odd concoction to some, give this stir-fried green beans and eggs recipe a try! If green beans…

    Read more

  • Wordy Wednesday

    I’m sharing more words from my word calendar this past week! πŸ“šπŸ““ Let’s learn some new words and enhance our vocabulary without the help of Chat GPT, Claude or Gemini!Β  πŸ˜‚ How will you apply at least one of these words to your daily life? Conversations, workshops and presentations, and journaling and reflection, to name…

    Read more

  • I adopted my sweet and playful brown tabby on June 26, 2024 at about 2 months old from Seattle Humane. Tali received her name after my soulmate cat, Cali lost her battle with chronic kidney disease on April 4, 2024. Cali was a calico cat and will never be replaced. When I noticed an orange…

    Read more

  • Mindful Monday

    How to use your body to soothe your mind. Calm Practice Draw Your Emotion You do not need to be an artist! Grab some paper and get out of your head by intuitively drawing your emotion. How big is it? What color is it? What texture is it? What shape is it? Are the lines…

    Read more