Category: blog
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How To Market a Retreat
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Marketing for a retreat is one of the key pieces that can also take a lot of time. If you’ve been following along on my “How to Plan a Retreat” series, you’ll note that most of my posts have to do with the retreat itself. Marketing a retreat is an…
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I Want to Help Others Fly
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A year and a half ago, I was working with a life coach, and was looking to leave advertising, and wanted to find a job that would give me better balance, that would shorten my 4 hour daily round trip commute. At the time, I was also trying to decide what…
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Our Wedding Dance, or Dancing in the Kitchen
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Sean and I got married in October in an intimate setting. The wedding ceremony we had might not be termed as lavish particularly. But yes, we had plans to host a lavish one amidst a pecan orchard. We even considered booking a Wedding Venue in Fort Worth, TX that had…
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Reflection on a Retreat Activity: Rocks, Pebbles, Sand
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At a recent about “Balance,” I introduced a retreat activity called “Rock, Pebbles, Sand.” This itself story was featured in Stephen Covey’s book First Things First, but has also made it’s rounds all over the internet. A lecturer was leading a seminar, and announced “Okay, it’s time for a quiz.” Reaching…
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Make Sure You Are Running Towards Something
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Welcoming patienceI’m often so anxious for the things I long forto be here, now For the un-straightened feelings of the past to be doneand overand wrapped up neatly My desire to dash ahead,into the newness,to devour whatever awaitshurry outweighs steeping in the wisdom nourishing my soul from yesterday,last year,four years…
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Getting Out of My Head and Into My Heart
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I know that over the last year or so, I’ve been really mindful and aware of the fact that I’d felt stuck. So many of the dreams I’d had seemed out of reach, and I could not figure out why. It struck me that I’m SUCH a planner, such a…
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A Letter From My Future Self as I Begin Life Coach Training
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Last weekend, I traveled about an hour north to the town of Petaluma to begin my journey of life coach training. Just two days after getting home, there is still so much that I am wading through … emotions, learnings, feelings, excitement. Being a life coach is something I really…
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A Poem: When Your Life Becomes Your Own
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Excuses take so many forms.so many truths that we don’t want to face out of comfort, complacency, a means to cling to mediocrity.when you go silent, it is like sleepingplaying alongplaying deadnever creating a storm. When does complacency seep in, through the other cracks?soothing in its non-activity it’s laziness it’s…
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The Double Edged Sword of Marketing
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I’m in the midst of changing my life, and working hard to become a life coach after fifteen years of working in advertising agencies. One morning this week, I had an aha moment when I woke up, drafting this on my phone before I even got out of bed. Double…