by Sarah Rudell Beach | Aug 5, 2013
Breathe: Words for a Mindful Moment “Fundamental Richness” by Pema Chodron “Fundamental richness is available in each moment. The key is to relax: relax to a cloud in the sky, relax to a tiny bird with gray wings, relax to the sound of the telephone...
by Sarah Rudell Beach | Aug 1, 2013
When I saw today’s Finish the Sentence Friday prompt, “My bucket list includes….”, I sat back in shock. I, a queen of list-making, did not have a bucket list! I think part of the reason is the morbid nature of a bucket list. And I don’t like the phrase “kicking...
by Sarah Rudell Beach | Jul 31, 2013
We’ve all heard this advice, haven’t we? We need to learn to say “No,” to scale back our commitments so that we aren’t so overstretched that we don’t have time for ourselves and our family. And sometimes, that advice is really easy to follow. Coach my daughter’s...
by Sarah Rudell Beach | Jul 29, 2013
I sat down in the cab taking me away from the Chicago Sheraton and the BlogHer Conference, and I wanted to cry. Those tears that are a crazy mixture of sadness, exhaustion, emotional overload, happiness, and even gratitude. The tears that come after an intense,...
by Sarah Rudell Beach | Jul 25, 2013
Happy Lovely Friday! I am in Chicago today for the awesome BlogHer Conference ~ and I LOVE that I am meeting many of the amazing bloggers that I link up with every week for Finish the Sentence Friday! This week our posts are about the best and the worst parts of...
by Sarah Rudell Beach | Jul 25, 2013
Mindfulness. Meditation. Mindful Parenting. From the boardroom, to the classroom, to the nursery room, mindfulness is everywhere these days. But it’s not really “new.” The Buddha was teaching mindfulness 2500 years ago! Mindfulness is about paying...
