Author, Mindfulness Teacher & Coach
If 2026 has turned your plans upside down, you are not alone. The energy of the Fire Horse has been intense. Fast. Unpredictable. And relentless at times. But before you start counting the days until this Fire Horse year is over, I want to invite you to do something different:
I took a break because I lost my mother this past July. The day before she passed, I told a close friend she would live to a hundred. Three and a half weeks earlier, I had said goodbye to her in Brazil after spending over two months by her side in Rio, certain I was …
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Whether we realize it or not, our thoughts, emotions, and attitudes travel ahead of us. We often focus on what we do in the world. What job do we have? What title do we hold? What have we accomplished? But perhaps a more important question is: What do people experience when we walk into a room?
Before the event, gratitude says: “Thank you for the opportunity.”
When we think about boundaries, we often imagine a line we draw for others or a wall we build around ourselves. But some of the most important boundaries are the ones we create within ourselves. Inner boundaries ask us to become mindful of the emotions we allow to stay too long in our hearts: resentment, …
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It wasn’t changing her body. It wasn’t calming my heart. It wasn’t preparing me for what might come next. All it did… was keep me suspended in a moment that had already passed.
