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Go With Your Gut

“Go with your gut”.  You’ve heard this all your life but I have two questions for you. Do you know what your gut is?  And are you sure you should listen to it? Gut feelings are, simply put, intuition.  And to answer the second question if you should listen to it, I say, “It depends”. Intuition happens to be a core value of mine so I am quite sure I should listen to it.  But it might not be as important to you and that is just as significant to know.  I realized intuition would play an important role in my life early on.  My Spidey senses were highly active as a kid and served me well the more often I paid attention.  But as I got older, I started listening less to it at times and that almost ALWAYS came back to bite me in the arse. I once had a boss, a producer on a show I was working on as her assistant, leave on vacation for a week.  She had been gone for one day (one day!) when the otherproducer approached me to “let me know” they planned to fire her upon her return.  Le Gut propelled into action and I knew I had to call her right away.  As if reading my mind, the (let’s call him evil) producer solemnly asked me to respect his wishes to keep this information to myself, let her at least enjoy her vacation, and allow him to be the one who broke the news to her.  Every inch in my gut screamed “No!  Danger!  Icky!” but I was starting...

Meditation: It’s Easier Than You Think.

If you feel like meditation might be too hard, take too long, or it’s not your cup of tea, I challenge you to give it one minute. As a person who never sits still, this sounded like torture to me.  But, I’ve pleasantly surprised myself and think you might be more captivated by quietness than you’d think as well. Guest Post on Live Well Live Green: Meditation, It’s Easier Than You Think  ...

One Moment of Gratitude Can Change Your Life

I’ve always fancied myself a glass-half-full type of person. But as years passed, I realized that I had become focused on what was lacking in my life. I couldn’t go on vacations with my friends due to lack of funds. My apartment didn’t have parking, air conditioning or laundry. I missed my body from my 20’s. My job was so inconsistent; I couldn’t plan anything in my life. But most of all, I was EXHAUSTED all of the time. My energy was low to say the least. It wasn’t until I hired my first life coach, Amanda Morck, that I realized (read- Amanda gently told me) I was so focused on what wasn’t in my life, I didn’t even see all of the amazing things I had going for me. She had me do what is still one of my favorite morning rituals, and, bonus, it is not time consuming. Say 5 things I was grateful for 3 times in a row.   This simple, daily ritual has changed my life. The first week I did this exercise, I had a REALLY hard time coming up with 5 things every day. I would allow myself general, easy themes and repeats. You know, “I’m grateful for my family. I’m grateful for my health. I’m grateful for the roof over my head.” Etc etc. I would express my gratitude every morning on my way to work in the car. After a few days of this, I became accustomed to my new ritual and began to see new, more specific things to be grateful for; “My son waking up saying ‘It’s a bootyful...

Be Quiet (and breathe)

I’m a hiker. And not because I’m a super can’t-NOT-work-out kind of person but because I know exercise is good for me, and hiking is like walking and getting to check out nature while you’re at it. Win win. If I’m not hiking with a friend, I usually have my ear buds firmly in place and am either blasting music or my latest favorite podcast (This American Life anyone?). A while back, I had the good fortune to be hiking in Telluride Colorado. If you haven’t been there, it’s the cutest little quaint town in a box canyon that hosts SEVERAL festivals all year long. So, although it’s a small town, it was bustling with thousands of people. Taking the word of a charming local I met, I started up a mountain I was assured would be peaceful and not crowded. I was happily heaving uphill and relishing the fact I’d not seen a soul in the last 45 minutes, when it dawned on me… I had not seen ONE person in almost an hour. I was suddenly EXTREMELY aware of Mother Nature and all that surrounded me. I’m a California girl and I’ve been on hikes where I’ve seen snakes and coyotes but I’m usually near other people when I see these things and, you know, safety in numbers and all that. But I was in Colorado, where there are BEARS. I realized I should take my ear buds out and be on the listen for anything while I was hiking from here on out. It was extremely quiet. More quiet than I can ever remember experiencing during daylight....