I just got off the phone with my sister, Lisa. She is the Chief Nursing Officer for the University of Kansas Health System St Francis Campus—which means her role asks her to oversee about 700 staff.

Who couldn’t use a few moments of peace and calm right now? Indulge yourself in 15-20 minutes to color your way into a meditation.

The pendulum swings. Not long ago I was in sunny California — taking in the ocean, deeply beautiful moments and feeling fabulous. Read more, California, Join Us. This week I’m getting a root canal.

HOW HARD CAN IT BE?

I sit in the endodontics office filling out the paper work. I feel a shaky sense of maybe I should just get-up-and-leave kind of feeling wash over me. Then I hear my self say, “how hard can this be? It can’t hurt that bad as long as the anesthetic works.”

On a recent trip to California, to celebrate the girls’ birthday, unexpected experiences appear. Allie is finishing up a two-year program studying depth psychology. Sarah and I join her at the end of one of her sessions to take a few days of R&R, and start 2020 in a fresh and inspiring way.

Over a glass of champagne, the three of us make a rough plan of what our three days in California will hold. We all agree — time together, in nature, along with good food and wine are the top of our list.

I love the quote,

Life is like a box (or tray) of chocolates. You never know what you are going to get.

The other day at our holiday party we had an unexpected guest. She arrived by Uber, walked into our space saying, "Oh my goodness, my palms are sweaty and I am so nervous to meet you."

Welcoming her in with big hugs, she felt more at ease and settled in. She told us, "I flew from Nashville to come to the holiday party. "

I have a morning ritual of drinking coffee, reading a couple of chosen articles from the newspaper, and if I’m lucky, time to journal a few pages. This morning was one of those mornings. I probably came into this habit through observing my dad for so many years. He was an academic who was a fierce reader. Today is the anniversary of the day he went to heaven. And today, I feel he gave me a gift from one of his favorite newspapers to read, the Wall Street Journal.

Excited to be featured in Culture Map’s: Houston Ultimate Shopping Guide. Stylish Houstonians will be thrilled with the myriad options at the smaller style shops. Update your arm candy by stacking sandalwood and semi-precious gemstones…

Q: At twenty-four years old, your passion for cooking inspires many. How did you get into cooking?

A: I went away to college and had to eat dorm food my first year. I realized that my sophomore year it was a necessity for me to have a place where I could cook my own healthy food.

My intention and focus for these articles is to help parents build their emotional and physical capacity, whether that’s how to keep calm amidst chaos or tap into the pillars of great health. To learn how to nurture your connection first, which then radiates out to the entire family. To raise families who care — about themselves, about each other, and about the world around them.

Let’s get started. My first offering is all about how to create sacred space.

It was lots of fun doing this interview for one of my favorite magazines, Houston Family Magazine. I am excited to be launching my first article for a new monthly column in November. Stay tuned.

A brand new collection of gouache watercolor paintings.

DECLUTTER. ORGANIZE. LIVE JOYFULLY.

These simple words are the tagline. Don’t they just sound lovely to say out loud?

Do you long for a space in your home (and your soul) that is quiet, peaceful and and sacred? How do you create a space WITHIN YOU, and your home that nurtures your soul?

Something quite ordinary and yet extraordinary happened today. A sign from above, an Earth angel appeared.

Dr. Weil is an internationally recognized expert for his views on leading a healthy lifestyle, his philosophy of healthy aging, and future of medicine and health care.

Teaching our thoughts to go where we tell them is much like training a puppy.

Today marks a special day, a day to honor dad. As my readers are mostly comprised of mothers, it feels important to call out a special honoring today, to our fathers.

This morning, my husband was celebrated with Facetime chats and a special dinner  planned for him.

I consider myself a generally healthy and happy person. I eat well, exercise, meditate, sleep and feel supported by my relationships. I also suffer with chronic eczema. This skin rash can present itself as a small irritation, or can escalate into a raw, heat-inflamed, intensely uncomfortable whole body rash.

The Easiest Meditation Practice I Know

It was thirty years ago when I first came to know about the power of relaxation. As I lay flat on my back in the “pose of a corpse,” my eyes lightly closed, a soft blanket covering me with my breath soft and full, time stood still. I heard the voice of my swami yoga teacher,

Follow your Inner Compass

Inukshuk • a rock structure used by the indigenous people in Northern America.