by Sarah Rudell Beach | Apr 15, 2019
Scenario: You’re sitting in your Monday morning meeting, but your thoughts begin to drift into the past (perhaps to the movie you saw with your kids over the weekend) or into the future (perhaps to the next meeting on your agenda). Suddenly you realize...
by Sarah Rudell Beach | Apr 1, 2019
A few years ago, while my daughter was in the midst of a four-alarm meltdown, I implored her to “I don’t know HOW!!” she yelled back. At first I was dumbfounded. What do you mean, you don’t know how to breathe?? You’ve been breathing your...
by Sarah Rudell Beach | Mar 25, 2019
“It is important to note that movement alone, done automatically, without attention, does not provide the brain with any new information…. The moment we bring attention to our movement, any movement, research shows that the brain resumes growing new...
by Sarah Rudell Beach | Mar 18, 2019
We know self-care is important. We’ve all heard that we need to put on our own oxygen masks first. But self-care often gets pushed to the bottom of our priority list, if it even makes it on there in the first place. I think part of the problem is that when...
by Sarah Rudell Beach | Mar 11, 2019
Okay, I know platitudes are easy targets… but this one bugs me: “When life gives you lemons… make lemonade!!” Ew. What if it’s a really nasty, sour, and disgusting lemon? What if the lemon was not even “given” to you,...
by Sarah Rudell Beach | Mar 4, 2019
With all the attention given to mindfulness lately, you’d be forgiven for thinking it might be the answer to all your problems. I guess that happens when something (even a 2500-years-old something) becomes a THING. We hear about it everywhere, some claims about...