by adminwomen | Nov 27, 2019 | Grief, Midlife Transitions, Mindfulness, Self-Compassion, Spiritual Growth, Women empowering women, Working with Grief
The 2019 Women’s Mindfulness Retreat Nov 14-17 was very powerful!One of the women who attended the 2019 Women’s Mindfulness Retreat this past weekend up at the Rocky Mountain EcoDharma Retreat Center shared at the end of the weekend that what I was teaching in...
by adminwomen | Oct 24, 2019 | Empowerment, Midlife Transitions, Resilience
I was sitting in my financial planner’s office and she turned to me and said, “You could retire today, Donna.” I felt my stomach drop and many parts inside of me started screaming. I wasn’t ready to retire yet! Then, unexpectedly, I started tearing up. I got...
by adminwomen | Jun 21, 2019 | Uncategorized
Self-compassion is the opposite of being selfish! It turns on your brain’s capacity to offer caring actions. Moving beyond Empathy to Compassion and learning self-compassion can change our human responses to each other, to ourselves, and to our Earth. THE...
by adminwomen | Apr 2, 2019 | Midlife Transitions, Spiritual Growth, Working with Grief
Diving into the Deep of our inner selves “Most of the growth in the second half of life has the look and feel of loss.” Ani Liggett, Ph.D, in her amazing book on Midlife Transitions, When Midlife Women Leave Home in Search of Authenticity, (2009) says essentially...
by adminwomen | Jan 28, 2019 | Uncategorized
“It is important to have one’s own personal space. (Especially for women who are brought up to share everything we have with our loved ones.) The martyr in us can sacrifice to the point that sometimes we are self-righteous, overbearing and demanding and that’s...
by adminwomen | Jan 3, 2019 | Empowerment, Self-Compassion, Uncategorized
I don’t know about you, but setting GOALS makes me feel like I’ve never done enough, that I somehow can’t quite measure up because my goals keep making me look into the future and strive harder. I don’t need to strive harder!!! That just freezes me up and makes me...
by adminwomen | Nov 11, 2018 | Rebirthing, Working with Grief
GRIEF IS A “NO NO” IN OUR CULTURE Grief is one of those bad words in our culture. We don’t talk about our feelings of sadness and grief even in the worst of circumstances like death of a partner, child, or parent. It’s just too much for people to get close to and...
by adminwomen | Oct 21, 2018 | Mindfulness, Rebirthing, Uncategorized, Working with Grief
This past weekend, I had the amazing opportunity to witness 12 women sitting with, walking with and turning towards their “woundedness.” One of the participants said to me, “We are all broken, but we are just here being with our brokenness together!” And that is...
by adminwomen | Jul 30, 2018 | Self-Compassion, Uncategorized
SELF-CARE IS NOT ALWAYS EASY Real life being what it is, daily or even weekly balance isn’t always possible. If we think in terms of cycles—weeks, months, even years—there are times when we may need to put more of our energy into our work, caring for our...
by adminwomen | Jun 3, 2018 | Uncategorized
“Don’t look outside yourself for happiness. Let go of the idea that you don’t have it. It is available within you.” from Thich Nhat Hanh, The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching) When you go for a walk in the beautiful...
