Category Archives: Conscious Living

How to Create a Mindful Marriage

A few weeks back, I wrote about being in a mindful place right now. By necessity, I’m learning to stay present and honor my feelings in ways I haven’t done before. Apparently I’m not the only one. In an interview for InStyle magazine last month, Jennifer Garner said that she and her husband are “in a very […]

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inFocus: I Moved to a Ranch

Today’s inFocus interview is with Erin McGee. Erin and her husband, Dave, left behind the hustle and bustle of Silicon Valley and moved to a ranch on California’s peaceful Central Coast two years ago. What I love about her story is how she’s moved—literally and figuratively—from a place where she felt stressed and not herself to […]

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Everybody Hurts. Be Kind.

Recently I found the following on Pinterest: Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle. The quote, often attributed to Plato or others, seems most likely to be the words of Scottish theologian Ian Maclaren. Whoever first said it, it remains true at least a century later, as evidenced by something my stepsister shared on Facebook the […]

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40 Before 40 #2: Sponsoring an Elephant

The first thing I did on my 40 Before 40 list was #2, sponsoring an elephant. For my birthday this year, I donated to David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust to support nursery baby Mbegu. Mbegu was rescued by DSWT at just two months of age on May 15, 2014. She was the victim of community violence after […]

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Meeting Myself Where I Am

Hello friends, I’m back! I ended up taking the month of September off from blogging for health reasons. I won’t go into all the details right now but it’s been quite a learning experience. If I were to summarize the overall theme, it would be learning to accept my limitations. I don’t mean that in […]

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