Hot Mommas who want to “do it all” often don’t have a choice. They HAVE to do it all. Caregiving is an example. I’ve witnessed my mother flying down to South Carolina every other week for months to take care of her aunt and uncle. My grandmother benefited from the care provided by all of my many local family members, and nurses who became adopted family. It matters to our… Read More »Awards for Caregivers/Top 7 Caregiver Resources
This is the 3rd post of a three part series on Eastern Medicine – featuring the Chi Master in China in the Bill Moyers series – inspired by learnings at one of my favorite girlfriend getaways (click here for a favorite girlfriend getaway site): Green Valley Spa in St. George Utah.
This is a continuation on a series on Eastern Medicine inspired by a learnings by one of my favorite girlfriend getaways (click here for a favorite girlfriend getaway site): Green Valley Spa in St. George Utah. Today we have a guest author, Mike Rice, who is the spa’s general manager and teaches the meditation class out there. I will say, it is the only success I’ve ever had with meditation.… Read More »Eastern Medicine For Stressed out Chicks-Part 2: How to Meditate
As an addendum to the first post on Eastern medicine for Stressed out Chicks – Part 1,I am rolling out our April book club selection – The Whale Rider and our June book club selection: Go Put Your Strengths To Work by Marcus Buckingham. The combination of the two books explore the topics of strengths, personal discovery, and leadership in two completely different contexts. Set in New Zealand, The Whale… Read More »Addendum: Got Chutzpah? Read These
This is part of a series on eastern medicine for major novices. First, readers, please accept my apologies for the gap in posting. Apparently there are quite a few readers as the founder of 'Holiday Golightly' informed me that the Hot Mommas Project Blog sent her a bunch of traffic from the April post on girlfriend getaways. So, thank you for reading. Shout out to Guy Kawasaki's www.Alltop.com which has… Read More »Eastern Medicine for Stressed Out Chicks-Part 1: Your Equation
How great is this? A service for girlfriend getaways. Oy do we need this. Right? http://www.holidaygolightly.com/. Started by friend Kerry Rupp. Could the name be cuter? (A take on Holly Golightly for you Breakfast at Tiffany’s fans). Plan your next vacation with your gal pals. As research in the positive psychology movement shows, people with 5 or more close personal friends are happier. Click here for more on happiness. Happy… Read More »Girlfriend Getaways
Women in leadership: Questioning any nurturing/giving traits not beaten out of you yet? News flash: You'll live longer because of it. Thought provoking article in 'Ode' magazine called, 'Love thy neighbour for he is me: Even in our alienated society, it's easy to learn the basics of altruism. Here's how.' The 'Readers Digest' version of some takeaways: ******************* 1. It's good for you. Dr. Robert Benson from Harvard Med School… Read More »Harvard Medical School: Do Gooders Less Stressed