It's yet again the season for giving thanks and giving gifts. Winter is pretty much here; the pines are covered with a little shelf of white, and the road to our homestead will soon be passable with tracked vehicles only. It truly is a winter wonderland, and even though it's cold, we still get out …
Lean Out Podcast: Surrender with Aman Costigan
What if you like your job, but you want to participate fully in another passion at the same time? My guest on the Lean Out Podcast is Aman Costigan, an attorney who enjoys her work in administrative law but was not satisfied with her life being about "just the law". What she's learned after 11 …
Book Review: Outlive – The Science & Art of Longevity
As a young adult, I remember watching my aunt add extra salt to her potato chips. Back story: she was the kind of person who lived life vigorously. She was not only adventurous with her activities and travel; she loved to eat, drink, and be merry. I wide-eyed and quite self-righteously said to …
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Yoga and Meditation Offerings
Mindfulness. You know it's good for you. It's often the answer coaches and experts give when asked how to learn the skills we need for recovery and optimal emotional health. But how can you make it a habit? How can you integrate it into your already busy life? As a certified yoga instructor, …
How To Do What You Say
Lots of people say what they’re going to do, but not everyone does what they say. “I’m going to …” lose 30 poundsleave a toxic joblearn a brand new skill But many times, the follow through just doesn’t happen. There are lots of reasons for this rooted in human nature. None of us like …
There Are No Shortcuts to Self-Awareness
I recently thumbed through my old journals while downsizing our bookshelf contents, and I came across... well, some common themes. Over and over, I saw similar phrases. Written as far back as 2004. “I need to work on resentment” "I'm not confident in myself" “Why do I keep ___?” Yup... …