After you drink your morning coffee or finish your commute to work, the hours seem to fly by. You always have something new to do or a problem to handle. You may feel like you juggle responsibilities right up until you fall asleep at…
If you’re familiar with personality tests, you’ve likely heard of the enneagram. This personality tool helps you understand yourself better by categorizing your personality into one of nine types. Each of the enneagram types has unique strengths and weaknesses, showing you ways in which…
Stress happens, but it doesn’t have to ruin your day or your life. As a parent, you know all too well that no two days are alike. Kids can be unpredictable and wily. They have good days and bad days — just like you.…
There’s something bittersweet about the end of the holidays. While some of us might be relieved that a season of stressful back-to-back events might be over, most can agree that we will miss having some time off to relax and enjoy time with friends…
Between visiting with in-laws, preparing a Christmas Eve feast and wrapping all those carefully hidden presents, the holiday season can leave you overwhelmed, stressed and exhausted. But no one wants to feel down in the dumps while everyone else goes on their merry way.…
We hear all the time how yoga improves strength, makes it easier to meditate and helps lower your stress levels, but what about children who are living with anxiety? Can yoga help them learn to live with or even help handle their symptoms? The…
Your significant other asks why it took so long for you to get home from work. The answer is you stopped at the museum. What do you say, though? Maybe that you ran an errand for your boss or got drinks with coworkers. You…
Aah. Is there anything better than a nice cuppa to soothe anxious nerves? Yes — a delightful brew of the right herbs. Rates of anxiety disorders continue to increase. While talk therapy and medications do address the immediate problem and the underlying causes, sometimes,…
As a mom, you have a lot going on — and it’s easy to let those things cloud your mind. Of course, you’d rather be in the moment than perusing your list of mental to-dos or worrying about your children or stressing about work.…
The thousands-year-old tradition of yoga sprouted yogini wings out of India in the ‘80s and swept the rest of the world — the west hasn’t been the same since. Yoga comes in many diverse forms with just as diverse practitioners, but the heart of…