Endings and Beginnings: How to Make a Fresh Start Right Now

Love, Personal growth

Guest Blog by Regina D’Alesio Ahh … fall: the time when children head back to school while adults head back to the grind at work. For me, this is the worst time of the year. I love the summer. I love the sun, the warm weather, the beach, and the sense of...

How Not To Keep Falling in the Same Hole

Entrepreneurship, Love, Personal growth

My yoga teacher shared this gem of a poem in class over the weekend. It’s one of the most profound metaphors for making change and not falling in the same trap that I’ve ever heard. Do you agree? Here it is … Autobiography in Five Short Chapters By...

How to Get What You REALLY Want

Love, Personal growth

Whoa. What a weekend … It’s Sunday. I’m sitting here in the Café at Kripalu in my yoga pants and tank top, hot, sticky and smiling. Full of energy. Happy. My little baby Luke peacefully sleeps in his stroller next to me. I’ve just wrapped up a weekend retreat led by...

When in Rome (or Colorado): Skiing … An Extreme Metaphor for Life [PART 3]

Personal growth

I was 28 the first time I put on snow skis.  I “learned” to ski on man-made ice in the  Poconos of Pennsylvania. When I went to Aspen two years ago, I learned why skiing out west is different – A LOT different – than skiing out east.  I’ll break it down to...

When in Rome (or Colorado): Sleighs [PART 2]

Personal growth

Let the Colorado fun continue … On the evening of Day 5 of our family adventure, we had the quintessential holiday experience in snowy Colorado: a horse-drawn sleigh ride.  It. Was. Magical. Imagine, pulling up to a wooden and stone lodge glistening with twinkle...