My husband went on retreat last weekend to Crestone, where She Glows Retreats will be hosting our IGNITE Retreat this fall. It is one of our commitments to each other: that we'll each take annual (at least) retreats. Though it's hard to leave, we believe retreating is the only way to uncover the next evolution of ourselves so that we may share it with others. He came home the morning of Mother's Day, and immediately, I could sense the change in him. His shoulders were droppe

Hello Amazing Women! This week for #WednesdayWisdom, I want to share some SERIOUS insights from a book I just finished called: The Blue Zones of Happiness -- Lessons from the World's Happiest People. This book had SO many nuggets of goodness, but I want to present to you some compelling research that author Dan Buettner put together along with medical researchers, anthropologists, demographers, and epidemiologists to unveil 9 healthy lifestyle habits that are shared by people

In a world obsessed with perfection, it's a paradigm shift to think of pain as the very path to our greatest power. I donno about you, but I am far more inspired by the depth of people who have transmuted unthinkable hardship, than by those who emulate perfection based on societal norms. Here are 3 ways to turn your pain into personal power... 1. FOCUS on your capacity: I tutored a child whose parents were drug addicts. Of all the kids I tutored, this 12 year old was the m

Then leave. Seriously. Get out of here. And most importantly, go it alone. My path to leadership has been incredibly winding. Even as I write "leader" and refer to myself in the same sentence, I second guess it. Am I really a leader? Perhaps I should be more modest. We women cannot stop undervaluing ourselves for the sake of social acceptance. I am no exception. But like you, I am a leader. I am the woman of my household. I keep my familial ship afloat. Like you, I

Retreat: the act of moving back or withdrawing. This word is most often used in terms of the army or spirituality. To pull back from that which is dangerous, difficult or threatening. The different conditions for use feel so dissimilar, but are they really? We live such full lives. We have many people to love, many things to keep us occupied, material possessions, and endless personal and professional aspirations. We are completely immersed in these beautiful lives we’ve

Ladies (and gents), it’s time to get serious. When was the last time you cleaned out your friend closet? That’s right, I said friend closet. Do you know what I am getting at here? I bet you do. Like old jackets that don’t fit, we all keep people in our lives who no longer “fit” us. Perhaps we had a great connection at a time, but that time has come and gone. Yet we still find ourselves forcing a friendship from the past and ignoring the here and now. I know because I’ve

"No problem can be solved using the same level of consciousness that created it." -Albert Einstein My meditation teacher talks about how we live in decadent times. The speed of life is exceptionally fast. Technology is a force that yes, is important, yet we waste hours of life consumed by it, hardly picking up our heads. We have more things than we've ever wanted, yet we still feel unsatisfied. One of the things I find most beneficial about retreating in a new place is t