Family Support Under the Sea     Safe, stable housing makes room for joy for the moms and kids of Marguerite's Place, which offers transitional residences for women on their path from crisis to independence.  A safe, stable sisterhoo
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Family Support Under the Sea

My volunteer work at Marguerite’s Place, a nonprofit focused on transitional housing for women in crisis, never ceases to inspire. Read about our latest Family Support Night, that took place “Under the Sea” last week!

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       An Invitation for Liminal Ladies     What's been on my mind lately is the privilege of empowering women as a certified health coach and resilience coach.  Together with my colleague, Life Coaching with Gigi   Gigi Andrad    e , we've
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An Invitation for Liminal Ladies

Join a small circle of women for a few intentional days of reflection, meaningful conversation, laughter, nourishing experiences, coastal walks, local vineyards, and space to imagine your next chapter.

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       Live. Laugh. Lagos.     As a Certified Health Coach and Resilience Coach, I'm joining forces with my dear friend and Certified Life Coach   Gigi Andrade    to host our  first retreat: Live. Laugh. Lagos.  Together, we are offering a
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Live. Laugh. Lagos.

A 5-day journey. Remarkable women who will say “yes” to reconnecting with themselves after years of putting their children, jobs, and everything and everyone else first. What is possible for them is just being written. Join my colleague and I as we explore the next page of possibility for a small group of liminal ladies in Portugal!

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       We Can Learn a lot from Narcotics Anonymous   As a Recovery Specialist at the H.A.R.T. House (Healing And Recovery Together), part of Beth Israel Lahey  Health, I've seen first-hand the positive impact the daily Narcotics Anonymous "
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We Can Learn a lot from Narcotics Anonymous

It’s meditative, reflective, inspiring, hopeful, and asks only one thing from those reading it…to live for recovery…just for today. As a per diem Recovery Specialist at the HART House the importance of morning Check-In grounded in this practice became apparent quickly.

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       Of Book Clubs & Bonding     "What is YOUR turtle?" was the seemingly unexpected starting prompt I asked of the   Marguerite's Place, Inc.    moms when kicking off Bo ok Club this past Tuesday evening...as their ever willing volun
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Of Book Clubs & Bonding

It’s not reaaaally about the book. But it IS about women from difficult journeys coming together to discuss a little about their read…and mostly about their resilience!

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       Strength Shields & Sisterhood     Last week, I had the privilege of facilitating a Family Empowerment Night with the incredible ladies of   Marguerite's Place, Inc.  where I volunteer time and tips on resilience and well-being.
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Strength Shields & Sisterhood

Perseverance, courage, determination, merciful, kind, caring, creative…the ladies of Marguerite’s place tapped into their strengths and shared their stories in a wonderful evening of support and sisterhood!

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       5 Tips From a Dragon Boat Cancer Survivor     Cancer. COVID. Radiation. Surgery. A canceled Caribbean vacation.   Most people would slow down. My friend Sue joined a dragon boat racing team.   When I asked if I could interview her fo
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5 Tips From a Dragon Boat Cancer Survivor

She keeps paddling on and on and on! Learn from my long-time friend Sue on what resilience looks like during, after and in spite of cancer! Next stop for Sue, France!

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       Awe as a Tool for Wintering Well     Raised in Northern Maine on the Canadian border, I have developed a deep understanding of resilience…and the art of wintering.   Taking "Awe Walks" was something I always did as a kid with snowsho
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Awe as a Tool for Wintering Well

Awe is one of our most potent emotions. And nature one of the most potent sources of it! What is an Awe Walk and how can this practice help us thrive in the winter?

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     From the Legacies of Mountaineers     Last week, I attended a book signing by  Ty Gagne , a local author who captures the true stories of survival and death, of hope and darkness, from the legacy of mountaineers that braved the Preside
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From the Legacies of Mountaineers

Mountaineers face endless perils and dangers, and must make countless minute by minute decisions that determine their fates. All the while, a large community supports them, from family and fellow hikers to first responders. Lean in with me as we explore what author Ty Gagne offers about what these legacies of hope and resilience.

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       From Frazzled to FA LA LA     Feeling excitable? Wired? No, tired. Or maybe stressed. Little anxious? Frazzled? I know--overwhelm. Even down?  T’is the season.   Emotions and expectations can be complex during the holidays, despite a
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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!

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       Common Loon, Uncommon Serenity     The Common Loon (Gavia immer), inhabitant of the lakes regions of North America, has beautifully serene and resilient qualities.  With its iconic black and white feathers, striking crimson red eyes
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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.

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       Midday Mocktail Boost     Looking for a hydration boost after all that morning coffee? Or just me? :)  Here’s a quick midday mocktail pick me up!:  1 tablespoon beet juice crystals 5 grams creatine 4 oz ice cold water 4 oz Dance of t
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Midday Mocktail

Here’s a quick midday mocktail recipe for a boost of energy and hydration, all while toasting our military on this Veteran’s Day!

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       Use the Cues     My Emotional Resilience trainer at the UGA School of Medicine, Cathy Snapp, PhD, shared a story with us last week about a medical student who noted that the  interoceptive awareness   and  somatic reappraisal  s
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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.

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       The SOAR Method Meets the Air Waves     What a joy to share air time on my local Chamber of Commerce’s radio show!  I was excited to elaborate on one of the things that makes the experience at Loon Rising unique for a client— The SOA
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The Soar Method Meets the Airwaves

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.

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       Rise & Shine: More Ways to Soar     Midlife Is Not a Drop in Altitude — It’s an invitation to rise  My mission is to empower women in midlife to strengthen their emotional resilience — so that they can enhance their mental, physi
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Rise & Shine: More Ways to Soar

A drop in altitude? Most definitely not! :) See why and how midlife is an opportunity to rise!

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       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 😉
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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

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       Clutter—The Silent Sabotager     Our  physical environment  is a key part of your  Wheel of Health  — right up there with sleep, nutrition, movement, mental well-being, purpose, mindfulness, & community!   It includes:      Your
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Clutter—The Silent Sabotager

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?

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       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.   All I could think about (okay, not all)
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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.

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       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.  Loons don’t skim the surface. They plunge into cold, dark water to find what sustains them.
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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).

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       Mindfulness & Micro-goals—Who’s In?!     Time for a MINDFUL MOMENT & MICRO-GOAL!   With these 2 minutes, you can transform the outcome of your day, like the morning molting of a dragonfly—yes, even (especially?) before being
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Mindfulness & Micro-goals—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)

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