From Frazzled to Fa La LA
Counting blahs instead of blessings? Feeling frazzled when you should feel festive? Here are 4 easy steps to accepting, welcoming and then letting go of depleting emotions dragging you down during the holiday season!
Common Loon, uncommon serenity
How did the Common Loon of NH inspire a health coaching business? Learn about the serene and resilient qualities of this beautiful lake bird and how clients are benefitting from their own journeys in serene well-being and resilience.
Midday Mocktail Boost
Here’s a quick midday mocktail recipe for a boost of energy and hydration, all while toasting our military on this Veteran’s Day!
Use the Cues
Ever notice your forehead wrinkling and furrowing before you even realize you are frustrated? And what about those times you are visited by the nervous butterflies—how do you use that information to your advantage, or do you? Here are some tools and tips for understanding the mind-body connection and channeling it for emotional self-regulation and resilience.
Air Time: Sharing the Serene Shift MEthod
Never one to shy away from air time even if I had to quite some nerves (or was that the caffeine?)! Read along then listen along to my recent interview with the Greater Nashua Chamber of Commerce.
Rise & ShiNE, More ways to fly
A drop in altitude? Most definitely not! :) See why and how midlife is an opportunity to rise!
Disco & discussion
If you are wondering what disco balls, Game of Thrones, murder podcasts, Jennifer Garner movies, or saber-tooth tigers have to do with emotional resilience for women in midlife, well...you had to be there
clutter—The Silent sabotoger
There’s no shame in physical clutter, life is busy, stuff gets strewn and scattered! Ever notice if it is having an impact on your mental health and well-being?
Seasons of change
Transformation through your seasons of change can be beautiful 🍂 Painful too. And scary. And trying. It's like fall in New England--hauntingly beautiful...yet beautiful.
What Loons Taught Me
If you’ve ever watched a loon dive, you know it’s not just a MOMENT — it’s a PROCESS. Graceful. Intentional. Deep.
It takes strength, stillness, trust (and yes, powerful legs). I've come to realize that health coaching and resilience look a lot like that (less so the need for powerful legs, but maybe). 🙂🦵🏼
mindfulness & a micro-Goal—Who’s in?
With these 2 minutes, you can transform the outcome of your day, like the morning molting of a dragonfly—yes, even (especially?) before being transformed by caffeine (that’s rich coming from me)
can polyphenols boost resilience?
This morning, while walking through a dewy wooded trail passing brooks, bogs and bright reds and blues of highbush cranberries and blueberries, I was reminded how often nature gives us what we need most. Those vibrant berries aren’t just beautiful — they’re rich in polyphenols, plant compounds that science is now linking to emotional resilience.
science & Menopause
💡 Midlife women deserve care guided by today’s science for the complex balancing act of menopause ⚖️
Diving into the innermost
Days like these challenge my resilience reserves. Looking inward when the anxiety is rising and emotions so raw is like carrying a torch into the inner corners and catacombs in search of…more. Where is it? How can I access deeper strength on the hardest days?
Your body is speaking
Your body is always speaking—are you listening?
That racing heart before a meeting...
The tightness in your chest during conflict...
Your jaw clenching after a restless night…
The sinking feeling in your gut when scared or overwhelmed...
The pulsing in your temple when your daughter orders Door Dash AGAIN...
a new word for happy
A New 5-Letter Word for “HAPPY”? Try SPIRE.
We often think of happiness as a fleeting moment—a sunny lake day, an iced matcha with lavender, or a football win for our favorite college team. But real happiness isn’t just about chasing highs, not even in those brand new Alo suede retro sneakers from your last retail therapy splurge.
feeling mentally drained?
🌿 Feeling Mentally Drained? Just 10 Minutes in Nature Can Help Restore You — Backed by Science 🌿
Meet the ruckers
One morning, coffee in hand, I’m watching my neighborhood wake up. The usual walkers and joggers pass by, following their familiar routes. But then…something new. A few of them are wearing weighted vests. Some carry backpacks.
stop ruminating thoughts
You are replaying the saaaaame negative or troubling thought in your head over and over…and over again. You are distressed or embarrassed about something and it’s all your brain is fixated on, like its own version of a Netflix series that it can’t stop binge watching. Only you want to hit the stop button because this isn’t the new season of The White Lotus or Wednesday.
Breathing to befriend your vagus nerve
The Vagus nerve is the longest cranial nerve in your body, and it travels a complex and fascinating path that starts at the base of your brain before branching off to the heart, lungs and abdomen.