by Nicole | Aug 24, 2018 | Self Care
When I bring up the topic of rest, the responses I most often hear are “I don’t have time to rest” and “I’ll rest once I… {insert current project / task / life stage here}”.I get this — for years I operated under the belief that I had too much to do, that rest would...
by Nicole | Aug 24, 2018 | Self Care
Kindness is an inside job. Most of us have no problem with being kind to others, yet secretly we lash out at ourselves. Our minds are full of thoughts like:“I shouldn’t have said that…”“I need to STOP doing that!!”“I am so fat / stupid / lazy / disorganized / {Insert...
by Nicole | Jun 18, 2018 | Creativity
I’ve started playing with beads recently. There’s something relaxing in coming up with a design, then simply following it through, bead by bead until it’s finished. I’ve completed three bracelets so far, and I have to say that the very first one took about 5xs...
by Nicole | Jun 14, 2018 | Blog
Recently, a woman shared with me a story from when she first arrived from Vietnam, some 40 years ago. An avid gardener, she decided to plant what she’d hoped was the first of many fruit trees in her yard. Excited, she brought a tree home from the garden center,...
by Nicole | May 18, 2018 | Uncategorized
I’ll never forget the first time I walked a labyrinth.It was in Maui on a week-long retreat, the first retreat I’d ever participated in. I’d gone to Maui to escape my life, and in doing so, I rediscovered myself.If you’re not familiar with a labyrinth, it’s similar to...
