A theme I’ve been using in the yoga classes I’ve taught since the New Year — which is more important than ever these days — is that this is all a practice. […]
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Finding Peace Within Your Four Walls
“If there is to be peace in the home, there must be peace in the heart.” These words come from the ancient Chinese sage, Lao Tzu. The full quote is this: “If […]
Midweek Meditation: Nama-Stay in Bed
There are a lot of pieces to the health and wellness puzzle. There’s movement (yoga, walking, biking), stress reduction (meditation, breathing), nutrition (does banana bread for every meal count?), and then there’s […]
What Are You Listening To?
Editor’s Note: Angela wrote a companion post, Care in What You Consume, about her experiences in 2004 during Charlie’s deployment, and in 2020 with COVID-19. This post provides Charlie’s perspective of the […]
Care in What You Consume
Editor’s Note: Charlie wrote a companion post, What Are You Listening To?, about his experiences in 2004 during his Iraq deployment, and in 2020 with COVID-19. This post provides Angela’s perspective of […]
Midweek Meditation: How’s Your Practice Going?
How’s your meditation practice going? If it’s anything like how mine used to be, you did it once or twice and felt great. Then a couple of days went by and you […]
Welcome to Midweek Meditation!
Now more than ever, meditation is a crucial part of my day, helping to reset and ground me. As a registered yoga teacher of two years and a yoga student for nearly […]
Come Home. Deep Roots. Steady Heart.
Come home. Deep roots. Steady heart. This is a mantra I have been using as of late. Here is what it means to me. Come home. This is a loving and gentle guidance […]
When Does It Hit You?
How long does it take for something that touched your heart to really hit you? For me, it’s almost always time-delayed by at least three or four days. Sometimes it’s three or […]
Which Forms of Courage Do You See In Yourself?
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Nancy Seibel, M.Ed., NCC, BCC. From the series’ earliest films to the latest and last, the Star Wars movies’ portrayals of courage have awed me […]
5 Questions to Make You Rethink Your New Year’s Resolutions
Psychologists agree that 80 percent of New Year’s resolutions fail by the second week of February (that’s next week, if you’re keeping track). And the social fitness network Strava is even more […]
How Can Feedback Help You Make Better Quality Decisions?
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Jacquette M. Timmons. On December 5, 2019, I was in the iHeart studio recording a special show about overspending during the holiday season with The […]
How to Learn from Your “Failures” (and Other, Not-So-Drastic Outcomes)
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Cory Huff. I ran down the basketball court, looking over my shoulder. My teammate threw a perfect pass that came down just over my left […]
Core Conversations on Start Finishing: The Practical Magic of Rewriting Our StoriesÂ
Editor’s Note: This is a continuation of our core conversations on Charlie’s book Start Finishing. In our last conversation, Shahrzad Arasteh talked about reaching your “what’s next.” In today’s conversation, Kerra Bolton talks about […]
Join in on the Journey to Showing Gratitude (a 30-day Challenge)
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Karl Staib. “I don’t want to appear weak,” my coworker told me. I was surprised. He was a good guy, but he didn’t really […]
Core Conversations on Start Finishing: How to Come to Your Edge and Find Your Adjacent Possible
Editor’s Note: This is a continuation of our core conversations on Charlie’s book Start Finishing. In our last conversation, Jenn Labin talked about some practices to help you work through distractions. In today’s conversation, […]
Core Conversations on Start Finishing: Curiosity Fuels the Five Key Virtues for Doing Our Best Work
Editor’s Note: This is a continuation of our core conversations on Charlie’s book Start Finishing. In our last conversation, Barb Suarez talked about honoring yourself in your new normal of parenthood. In […]
5 Easy Ways to Write About Your Problems (and Start Solving Them)
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Ali Luke. Do you ever find yourself going over the same problem — again and again — inside your head? Maybe you’re in your 50s […]