Archive for September, 2007

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What is the Mind Body Connection?

Sunday, September 30th, 2007

Your body responds to they way your mind thinks, feels and acts. This is often what is referred to as the Mind Body Connection.  When you experience stress, anxiety or worry your body tries to tell you something is not right.  For example, your body may develop an ulcer or perhaps your blood pressure shoots [...]

Great Family Fun: Learn to Scrapbook

Wednesday, September 26th, 2007

It seems every craft shop you walk into these days, has one.. a sign to help you learn “how to scrapbook”.  What is scrapbooking and why is it all the rage?  I believe it is a great way to document your memories in a creative, fun manner everyone in the family can partake in.  Scrapbooking [...]

Shredding My Docs

Monday, September 24th, 2007

OK, I’m going to come clean - right here, right now. I’m can be a paper pack rat. For someone who dwells in the digital domain, I stash a ton of paper in my home office. I have a four-drawer file cabinet stuffed with thousands of documents dating as far back as the previous millennium. [...]

Making the Most of Down Time…

Tuesday, September 18th, 2007

How do you stay productive? Shaving during the commute? Microwaving instant coffee? Time-shifting your day to work at what otherwise would be quiet times in the home office - so you can be there when the kids need you? How about tapping into some wi-fi?

Positive Affirmations for Health, Abundance and Love

Thursday, September 13th, 2007

Positive affirmations re-program the mind, give focus and drive and help create your reality.  All our thoughts are affirmations of some sort, positive or negative; maybe neutral.  Every affirmation is a result of our inner truths.  We can use “positive affirmations” to create change or some would say brainwash ourselves into having only or predominantly positive [...]

Space. A Final Frontier

Thursday, September 13th, 2007

When I created my first home office back in 1989, my desk became the repository for all things clerical. Papers, files, folders, my phone and Apple IIc computer all shared space atop a folding banquet table. I had a small file cabinet I’d kept from my college days that served as my drawers, and a [...]

Bullied By Your Boss?

Monday, September 10th, 2007

On CNN this morning I was surprised to hear a story on bosses bullying their employees.  They were talking about employees suing bad bosses for treating them unfairly.  According to the ACLU, 37% of employees feel their bosses treat them

Insights from the Mind Body Conference

Friday, September 7th, 2007

I have spent the past two days in Palm Springs, California at the second annual InnerIDEA Mind and Body Conference attending lectures and workshops as well as giving workshops on Colorgized Yoga.  When you attend someone else’s classes you learn so much.  You learn new ways to cue, to teach, to guide and most interestingly [...]

Snapshot of a Desk

Thursday, September 6th, 2007

Stop. Look down. What’s the state of your desk right now? Is it a cluttered cacophony representing a chaotic mind? Or is it neat and tidy and certain to scare anyone otherwise beleaguered by a messy space? Your desk can speak wonders. What’s yours say about you?

5 P’s to Preparation

Wednesday, September 5th, 2007

I was in my 5:45 am yoga class this morning when Jeff was commenting on how impressed he was that I was writing out my class notes for my clients and classes that I had for that day.  When I answered, I try to be prepared, it makes my day go by much smoother he [...]

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