What do you REALLY want for the holidays?

On December 9, 2014   /   Brene Brown, Holidays, Self Care, Whole Hearted Living   /   Leave a comment
What do you REALLY want for the holidays?

If we were honest with ourselves I believe what most people want for the holidays is to take a break from the usual holiday expectations and just enjoy time to relax with family and friends. Unfortunately, most of us might feel that our “To Do List” is running the holiday show!  Dr. Brené Brown; author of the very successful book “Daring Greatly” recently wrote about this very topic and stated: “I’m NOT the victim of this holiday circus, I’m the ringmaster!”  Her insight about the stress during the holidays began to change when she asked herself about the cost of putting on the show.  My favorite part in the book was when she describes trying to send out 225 Christmas cards a few years ago and her family kept interrupting her to the point in which she yelled, “I HAVE to finish these Christmas

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Self Compassion – Do You Talk To Yourself Like Someone You Love?

On October 29, 2014   /   Self Care, Self Compassion, Self Love, Whole Hearted Living   /   Leave a comment
Self Compassion – Do You Talk To Yourself Like Someone You Love?

Most of us have heard or read about the topics: self love, honoring our inner child and self nurturing, but we still listen to our inner critic berating us for the mistakes we’ve made, our imperfections, unrealized dreams, messy lives, broken relationships and on and on. In my work I’ve discovered that being kind and compassionate with ourselves not only makes us feel better, but more importantly it allows us to become more mindful and aware that we are NOT alone; everyone struggles!    What is self compassion? It is the willingness to feel pain not push it away, FEEL it and then move THROUGH it.  This practice involves learning to relax and allow you to move gently your fears.  The trick is to stay with our emotions but not attaching ourselves to them.  A good question to ask yourself; “What would I say

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Book Reviews and Recommendations- 2014

On October 28, 2014   /   Whole Hearted Living   /   Leave a comment
Book Reviews and Recommendations- 2014

If you know me, you know I love to read! I’m constantly recommending books to friends, colleagues and patients. For your convenience, I’ve listed them below with a short synopsis of why I think they’re so great! Enjoy! 1. The Boy Who Was Raised by a Dog Dr. Bruce Perry, a child psychologist writes about his innovative methods for helping treat children that  have faced unimaginable horror: genocide survivors, witnesses to their own parents’ murder and victims of family violence. He explains what happens to the brain when children are exposed to extreme stress and he tells their stories of trauma and transformation by helping them ease their pain and allowing them to become healthy adults. Click here to buy. 2. The Alchemist Is a remarkable tale about a magical journey and the quest to fulfill one’s destiny. It is a beautifully written story that will inspire

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Wholeheartedly Speaking

On June 2, 2014   /   Whole Hearted Living   /   Leave a comment

Welcome to Wholeheartedly Speaking…. I love the phrase that inspires me to create a new perspective about life and that is the allowing myself to evolve from “Information to transformation”, yet the difficult part is trying to put this practice into my daily life. Information is very important to educate us about how we are able to think differently, but applying those concepts can seem like a daunting task to “transform” ourselves into who we are truly meant to be. Believe me; you are on the right road! Beginning your own self-awareness journey will take a lifetime, but believe me it is worth it and every day forward is an opportunity to learn to show up and be seen!  Our culture has such a difficult time addressing issues that we don’t want to see. We live in a “NEVER ENOUGH” society and the

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Wholehearted Living

On October 17, 2013   /   Whole Hearted Living   /   Leave a comment

“Our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world as being able to remake ourselves.” Gandhi How do we change the quality of our lives? The path to wholehearted living isn’t something we master; it is a life-long journey of choices we decide each and every day. We all have the ability to ask ourselves what part of us do we not like to own or want to deny? Being able to be kind to ourselves even when we make a mistake, fight with our kids, or forget a lunch date, we are all human it is really less about avoiding mistakes as it is about embracing our humanness. It has been said that what we disown….owns us, but what we master, we own. When we were born, we were born perfect…we then begin the process to not trust

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