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This book will change the way that you navigate relationships in all areas of your life and as I find myself re-reading and returning to this book, I continue to discover new golden nuggets every time.
“What is truth? Truth is that which does not contaminate you, but empowers you.”
“Clarity allows you to see the world of physical matter for what it is, a learning environment that is created jointly by the intentions of the souls that share it.”
“Your life is yours to live, no matter how you choose to live it. When you do not think about how you intend to live it, it lives you. When you occupy it, step into it consciously, you live it.”
Knowing your values is essential to navigating and creating a path that is authentic and genuine to you. This level of understanding adds clarity to your decisions and helps you to cultivate what you are inspired and passionate about and link to all that you dream to create. Click here for a starter exercise that I use with students and clients to get them started in beginning to identify their values which is always transformational in three days and under 30 minutes. Enjoy!
This book will change the way that you navigate relationships in all areas of your life and as I find myself re-reading and returning to this book, I continue to discover new golden nuggets every time.
This podcast uses divorce as the starting point to dig into a treasure trove about how we approach all of the relationships in our lives - loved ones, family, colleagues, friends, and ourself. I find it transformative in how it has helped shift my own mindset as well as the people I’ve already shared this with. With self-forgiveness as the core they include many concepts in the discussion that explore how each of us can continue to engage in the foundational tenants of patience, clarity, respect, peace and forgiveness as we move through our daily adventures.
Meditation is an absolute MUST for any toolkit. and Headspace is the go-to app that I use with everyone as a starting place. Free for the first 10 days/session (more on fees later – fair warning: you’re going to wish you qualify for the STUDENT plan) - Headspace is a game changer in helping people find their space and place with meditation.
TWO GIANTS who have impacted my life in ways that I don’t have words to truly express. This is the second part of a two part series that Brené and Oprah did for Oprah’s SuperSoul Conversations and it is one I keep coming back to for myself and for people that I work for and with. Brené is always at the top of her game when she is with Oprah and this is one of my all-time favorites.
This book is the perfect starter to up your game with your time management and put yourself in charge of making choices on how you use your time. The more choices you make the more you will accomplish that fulfills your greatest goals and inspirations. This is a quick read (and cheap!) that introduces key fundamental concepts that you can start trying immediately. IMMEDIATELY. I love that he outlines several accessible and doable techniques in short form that gives the reader the chance to take it or leave it, try it or move on. I have found that each of us combines elements from numerous different modes of time management that fit our unique lifestyles and combination of priorities in our life. This book gives perfect clear coverage so that you can start somewhere simple and build from there.
Read it. Enough said.
Okay...I’ll say more. Also read The Four Agreements by Ruiz.
Famous first for The Coffee Challenge, where Noah Kagan challenges people to get out of their comfort zone and negotiate the price on a cup of coffee (there is a link in the article for a video of this particular challenge). This is a short and sweet article about how we can experiment in our daily lives to get more comfortable with the uncomfortable. How to increase our ability to accept and breathe through challenge by sitting in the wrong seat on an airplane….
I started learning about Tsabary through podcasts and her voice and reasoning was so compelling that I purchased her book and read it cover to cover. It has changed my life and the lives of all who I’ve recommended it to.
Oh, I love me my magnesium and this stuff is da bomb! All sorts of fancy words in these product descriptions, here’s my basic reason: Magnesium improves the quality of my sleep and the recovery of my muscles.
Another monster delivery by Brené Brown, the TED Talk that brought her into the force that she is today. This is something I bring into sharing with ensembles, individuals, myself - when I’m needing a reminder of what my intents truly are in all of the relationships in my life - professional and personal.
I run a book club in my studio at the Butler School of Music and we most often choose the book together as a team to find what current themes are running through each of our lives. The Confidence Gap was a book that my student, Shruthi, kept bringing up and so we finally gave in to her insistence (Shruthi, btw, is now the most likely to succeed with her book recommendations).