All posts filed under: Refueling Soul

Sunday Dinners

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I love Sundays. Mine usually starts with sleeping in, lazily starting the day with a good breakfast, then some sort of activity for the afternoon. Today was a pedicure and manicure and a little shopping. And visiting with a girlfriend. Then I always do 5:30 restorative yoga to wind down or start the week (depending on how you look at it) and at the end finish with a quiet meditation. It is always a time to reflect and show gratitude. I leave it feeling hopeful and calm. Then it is off to my favorite dinner of the week. I love Sunday dinners. While I do love good food, it is not what is on the table that counts, it is who is in the chairs around you. And my Sunday dinner is made perfect by the people around me. It also reminds me of my childhood where we always had a nice meal all together. It makes me yearn for my family to be in the same town too! But since they are not…I still …

We are Rivers….

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I realized this week, I am so tired. Not unhappy or depressed. Just worn out after some intense work weeks and busy weekends. So this weekend consists of a lazy Sunday. My sister and her boyfriend were in town which always lifts me up no matter what…..because anytime I get 10 minutes with my sister I am happier. She is truly (and will always be) one of my favorite people on earth. A hug from her is the best! So even with that boost as she left this morning I was still worn out. I slept longer and later. And I was a bit hard on myself for being so tired. I was thinking how will I do this when I have kids? My work is just so intense. I am the only executive with a working partner and will be the only one with young children (god willing I have kids). And then I realized I use to say…how will I do this with a huge job? Or how will I still have space …

Lifting each other up

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“The best way to cheer yourself is to try to cheer somebody else up.:– Mark Twain This quote is so true. Lifting someone else up serves dual purposes. It lifts you up in the process. This weekend I had a series of friend dates. Time to really reconnect. Long talks, lots of laughter,  hugs, encouragement to each other, a lot of positive energy, and some silliness too. Great conversations over good meals, wonderful Sunday walk, a game night with an epic battle of charades….all while allowing a little alone time and some snuggles with Todd. A full weekend resulting in a very full heart. And it reinforced for me something I already knew… how very full my life is with wonderful people. And how much my parents influenced this side of me. My mom taught me to be kind and polite to everyone. We are all human and all have a common connection. And my dad taught me to stay connected to those important to me (he also has a light of joy in his …

Your relationship with yourself

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I sometimes lose myself in the day to day. In my relationships, friends, Todd, work, and family. I forget to keep dating myself too. This weekend I started to realize this. I had a medical procedure done this week that left me unable to work out for 2 weeks and gave me some extra time in the evenings. Day 1-3 I was antsy. Had a headache due to my stitches, cooked up a storm, watched TV, and was just restless. I ended up doing my usual stuff- worked longer, worried about everyone else so cooked more for Todd, bought a few friends some gifts, bought flowers for my aunt, etc….Day 4-5 I spent with friends. I also noticed I was a bit more clingy to Todd. And I couldn’t figure out why not working out made me so restless. And then I realized when I work out, I can escape and reconnect with myself. It allowed me to escape and be in tune with my body and mind. So by Day 6 I realized this …

Birthday Reflection

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A bonus blog on my birthday weekend…..Every year I look back on the year that past and enjoy the moments. And get really excited about the year to come! So much happens in a year. And I realize it goes fast….but we also never spend a minute to enjoy and really look at  the year. Otherwise, it just feels like one big jumbled memory in the day to day. How do you document your memories to really enjoy them? Pictures? journaling? I read a great quote the other day in my happiness book: “Happiness is right here, right now– as in the 1908 play by Maurice Marterlinck, The Blue Bird, in which two children spend a year searching the world for the Blue Bird of Happiness, only to find it waiting for them when they finally returned home.” My goal is to wake up and realize the present. The moments that are so amazing in life. The laughter and funny moments. The joy in the small and big things. So that I have those memories …

First Snow Fall of the Season

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There is something so magical to me about the first snowfall of the season. Mother nature is dusty us all with this beautiful white blanket. A new canvas to start again. No two snowflakes are alike. It wipes the landscape clean with all the white glow yet also creates an entirely new view of the world around us. It slows us down. It creates a stillness we so often don’t get to see. Especially in urban areas. It is just pure magic. There is so much joy seeing the snow from a child’s eyes too. It just looks like a huge playground of adventure. I hope you find joy in the snow this winter and not just angst due to traffic, snow shoveling, and difficulty parking. Celebrate the magic of it too! Bundle up, enjoy some hot chocolate and be a kid! Let it snow. Let it snow. Let it snow! (*Pictures from my iphone in Jan 2016)

Filling Your 2017 Jar

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  Awhile a back I shared I have a worry jar. A place where I write down my worries and place them in a jar so I can let go of them (especially the one’s out of my control). And in doing that, it helps free me  of that worry. I also recently came across an idea from my friend Dawn that I am going to do this year as well. Todd agreed to do to it with me too so I’m excited. We are going to do each month so it is more realistic that we will complete this. Here is how it works: Each month, we are going to write down a memory of that month that we love. And put it in the jar. And then on New Years Eve of next year (2017), we are going to open them up and read the great memories. And celebrate the last year. I hope to make this an annual tradition. Does anyone else want to try this?! You can do every week or …

2017 Sunrise

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* Sunrise in Wyoming during a hike (picture from my iphone) As you start 2017, I suggest trying my annual exercise reflecting on the past year. Look back, to learn from your success and failure and set some realistic goals for the year to come. It is a great exercise and highly recommend doing it. Start the year by refueling and re-energizing for the year to come! A sunrise to the year….a time to start over or redo or repeat. Here is the link: http://yearcompass.com/  

Restorative Yoga: Great during the holiday season

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Every Sunday I go to a restorative yoga class. And it transform me to another place for 60 minutes. A place of calm, serene, and total connection to my body. You stretch, mediate, and re-set for the week. It creates a calm and overall peace that is a wonderful way to both end and start the week. So today, as you are looking to refuel your mind, body, and soul….check out a restorative yoga class in your neighborhood. This is a great activity amongst all the noise and excitement of the holiday season. It allows you to escape for those 60 minutes to a different place, away from stress, food, shopping, and all the hustle and bustle. What other things do you do to re-charge in the holiday season? A good book? Cooking? napping?

Joyful Moments (bonus blog today)- Making sure you identify and appreciate when things are good

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So as I was journaling today, I realized how darn good my life is in this moment.  I know what bad times feel like. We all do. Between illness, death, depression, bad jobs, bad luck, break ups/heartbreak, money issues, etc…..most of our life we always can remember the dark times and tend to wallow in them. But how often do we acknowledge and really celebrate the high moments to? Like really stop and be joyful during them. Close your eyes, soak the feeling in, and make sure you have these memories to get you through the dark times. Life is so amazing too. And no matter how dark it gets, you can always find light and joy again. That resiliency and excitement of the unknown is what keeps us going. So today, I am joyful for this moment. It may not last long or it may be a long moment in time. But regardless, I know what it feels like and I am so thankful and joyful for it. I hope if you are going …