Hi friends, I dropped a teaser for this a couple of weeks ago, and wanted to send you an email with all the details this week. I've teamed up with Cassandra Martin-Himmons, founder of Master Your Stress, who has put together an amazing group offering several free resources via the Self-Care to Wellness bundle. The Self-Care to Wellness bundle is designed to help midlife women who are stressed out, overwhelmed, struggling with work/life balance and are in need of more self-care. This bundle...
3 months ago • 2 min read
Hi friends, If you’ve been hanging around for a while with me, you might know that I am terrible at knowing what’s popular or trendy. It’s one of the reasons I love Ayurveda- it has stood the test of time and isn’t the latest-greatest, and it is also meant to be tailored to the individual person in these modern times. I say all of this because I’ve recently become a little obsessed with Bad Bunny’s song Baile Inolvidable, which has been around for at least a year, and according to Spotify is...
3 months ago • 3 min read
Hi friends, A couple weeks ago, I went to my closest friend from college Michelle's daughter’s Bat Mitzvah. It was a wonderful time, and I saw some people I’ve known since college, but hadn’t seen in many years. It is so strange to see us all middle-aged. Like, we’re essentially becoming our parents. Some of us even have kids in college ourselves. (Not me– I didn’t have babies, and am a quintessential auntie). One of my old friends, well-meaning, was talking to me about how his wife has...
3 months ago • 4 min read
Hi friends, The shift into spring before the heat fully sets in is an ideal time to cleanse. Cleansing in Ayurveda is different from the typical Western-minded cleanse. It’s supposed to be gentle and nourishing, and coax the body into shedding what is no longer needed, reboot digestion, rebuild the gut microbiome, and more. Unfortunately, most cleanses out there clobber the body (like cold juice fasting) and though it may make you feel better in the short term, long term this type of harsh...
5 months ago • 2 min read
Hi friends, I’m writing to you this week as I visit with my oldest and closest friend, who lost her dad, Aziz, this week to dementia. I’ve known her family since I was 7, and our families spent a lot of time together growing up. They are chosen family to me. Aziz was a really fun person. He was a sweet, and loved to tease people. His humor is what I remember most. Towards the end, he couldn’t verbalize anymore, so he would make faces at people to make them laugh. He also worked as a...
over 1 year ago • 2 min read
Hi friends, At the retreat center I was recently at in Costa Rica, the man who owns the retreat center gave us a “longevity talk.” It was filled with gimmicky, on-trend treatments that were available for purchase at the center. He spoke with passion, zeal, and confidence, and all I could think was: this man is deeply afraid of death. Okay, well I had other thoughts too, but the main one I want to focus on is related to a question I got once from a student in a workshop: what have you given up...
over 1 year ago • 3 min read
Hi friends, I’m coming to you on just the other side of my cleanse. I feel like my body has processed and released some emotional residue from the past year (and gotten into a layer of even deeper stuff). Something I’ve been thinking about a lot lately, and talked about in my yoga classes, is that we don’t have to clearly intellectualize what we are releasing. With attention, intention, and space, we can shift. Cleansing gives the body a break from so much physical digestion, and allows it to...
almost 3 years ago • 4 min read