How to do less and live more
March 18, 2013
How can you make room for your well-being when there aren’t enough hours (or coffee) in the ever-exhausting day? We’ve been asking ourselves this question for decades. This isn’t breaking news. We all know that our lives are overbooked, and it seems to be getting worse. But lately I’ve been wondering if we’re busier than we really need to be. Are we creating extra work and obligations for ourselves by thinking we’re more essential than… Read More >
The Inside Scoop from “Passion Whisperer” Marie Forleo
December 10, 2012
Hi Sweet Friends, You know how much I respect and adore Marie Forleo–as an entrepreneur, teacher and friend. Marie’s programs, writing and web TV series have elevated my personal life just as much as they’ve enriched my business. As far as I’m concerned, Marie is the ultimate “Passion Whisperer” because she has a freaky-amazing ability to identify and ignite passion in others. And that’s why I invited Marie to my home in Woodstock for an… Read More >
Your Work: The Often-Overlooked Path to Healing
September 3, 2012
By Guest Blogger
When we’re not well, we first think about healing by way of modern medicine. For some, that works. Others turn to alternative therapies: nutrition, meditation, or yoga. For some, another path is required, one often overlooked and easily discounted. For me, my healing path has not been paved by green juice and acupuncture needles (though both have helped). My healing path has been paved by my work. Following the wrong path made me sicker, but… Read More >
Is Healing Your Body a Full-time Job? Tips for Easing the Overwhelm
November 15, 2011
By Guest Blogger
Does this sound like a typical week? A doctor’s appointment, a massage, acupuncture, daily yoga, therapy, 25 daily supplements, morning green juice, daily meditation, cardio, cooking, and that’s after cleaning the house, getting the kids to school and finishing the sales presentation. Wow, I’m tired just thinking about it. Healing your body from illness can seem like a full-time job on top of your regular life ? a job you didn’t even apply for. How… Read More >
Addicted to Creativity?
September 26, 2011
By Guest Blogger
Today, Jonathan Fields shares an excerpt from his book, “Uncertainty: Turning Fear & Doubt Into Fuel for Brilliance.” Check out his video – it gave me chills! xo Kris If you talk to most traditional artists and entrepreneurs, and they’re being honest, many will share their own variation of [Pearl S.] Buck’s…compulsion [to create] that, in many of its traits, seems to rise to the level of addiction, in part because they love what they… Read More >
40 Hours That Are Critical To Your Health and Well-Being
September 5, 2011
By Guest Blogger
Just more than two years ago I made one of the biggest decisions in my life. My overall well-being was more positively impacted by that decision than by any other decision I’ve made. It had more of an impact than my decision to become a vegetarian and more impact than my decision to get daily exercise. Just more than two years ago I decided to quit my job. How you spend your 40 hours working… Read More >
Five Ways to Get the Most Out Your Next Creative Retreat
June 10, 2011
By Jen Louden
A creative retreat is the quintessential artist’s or writer’s dream. Time to tend your creative spark, think long, interrupted thoughts, meander, recharge and burrow into that project you’ve been flirting with. Someone feeds you delicious food, you share tea or a glass of wine with other artists at the end of each gratifying day, hike in the bucolic countryside to clear your mind, nap when needed. Best of all, no interruptions: no children, aged parents… Read More >
How I Found My “Soul-Mate” Job
May 4, 2010
By Guest Blogger
By Maya Gottfried Many of us seek soul mates in relationships, but what about “work soul mates”? What about the work we do that helps complete us? That takes us to the next place spiritually? For me, writing Our Farm: By the Animals of Farm Sanctuarywas a soul mate job. At age 35 I learned about Farm Sanctuary, a national organization (with shelters in Watkins Glen, N.Y., and Orland, Calif) that rescues and advocates for… Read More >
Five Tips: How to Start Designing Your Life
March 18, 2010
By Guest Blogger
By Johanna Sawalha What if you could have your life look the way you want it to…? No, exactly the way you want it to: not just the things you have, but right down to the way that you are. What if we all thought this way? As a new and first time mom, I have had plenty to learn in the past few months as well as plenty for which to give thanks. This… Read More >
Hey, Thanks.
November 13, 2009
By Elizabeth Castoria
This time of year, we hear about being thankful more than ever. Generally speaking, right as all 48 family members sit down to enjoy the Thanksgiving feast is actually not the most appropriate time to have everyone individually ponder why thanks should be given—unless of course you want to be thankful that you managed to survive. But, sometime before the intoxicating aroma of Mom’s phenomenal stuffing and the tantalizing mountains of (dairy-free, duh) mashed potatoes… Read More >
Work It!
May 27, 2009
By Elizabeth Castoria
Ok, I admit it: I have basically the best job in the entire world. Some people dig ditches; I get to go to an all-vegan office where our daily toil involves interviewing the world’s most interesting people, testing the world’s yummiest recipes, and promoting the daylights out of the vegan lifestyle. Do I have bruises from pinching myself? Yes. Does that mean that I’m totally content and never wonder about what else to do with… Read More >
