4 Steps for Dealing With Difficult Family Dynamics

4 Steps for Dealing With Difficult Family Dynamics

by | Dec 12, 2016 | Boundaries

Fam dram.   That’s my affectionate shorthand for family drama.   Do you have it? Is it keeping you up at night? Busying your mind and making you feel like crap? In so many respects, we are an all-or-nothing culture. We’re either bingeing or starving...
What Susan Hyatt Taught Me About Saying “No”

What Susan Hyatt Taught Me About Saying “No”

by | Sep 21, 2016 | Boundaries

I recently attended a conference where the speaker challenged us to interview 10 people in business who inspire us. The idea is to gather insight about their journey and glean wisdom from those who are a little further along on their business path.   The first...

Create space for yourself

by | Jun 2, 2015 | Boundaries

The way we build our schedules is the way we build our lives. Chances are that if there’s no room for you in your calendar, you might be feeling like there isn’t much room for you in your life. So many of us women build our schedules around supporting others. We’re...
On Letting Love In

On Letting Love In

by | Feb 17, 2015 | Boundaries

  My grandfather died last week. He was a strong and loving man who was very involved in the community. He had become ill and experienced miraculous recoveries twice. This past fall, the miracles ran out. He began to fade as his cancer spread. Perhaps he didn’t...

Opening Up to Love

by | Feb 4, 2014 | Boundaries, Self-Care

Love can be such a loaded thing. From a very young age, we absorb messages about what it means, who can have it, who can give it, who deserves it, and who doesn’t. As I entered adulthood, I got stuck in a place where I believed that I didn’t deserve love. Under the...

The Holidays Part 3: Communication

by | Dec 18, 2013 | Boundaries, Self-Care

THE HOLIDAYS PART 3: COMMUNICATION {Special Guest Brigid Dineen, Life Coach} from {plan A} holistic life™ on Vimeo. Here is the third and final video in our Holiday Series. Alicia & I jam about how intention and mindfulness feed into a healthy communication...