Make Peace Your Mantra This Holiday Season As the holiday season draws near, so does the chaos and overwhelm that many women feel during this time of year. Shopping, wrapping, baking, cleaning, socializing…the list at times seems endless.  Often, we start the New Year mentally, physically and not to mention, financially drained. So how do we ensure that this holiday season is different; that the real meaning of spirit, love and joy shines through?   Well,

Being a busy working mom, I know first hand the challenges of stress and overwhelm. When I coach other busy women, creating more peace in their lives is a common goal I help them reach. Here are some tips I have used to create more practical peace in my life. Just because you don’t have the time to go to a mountain top to meditate, doesn’t mean you can’t take steps during your busy day to enjoy a more peaceful,

Time is a sort of a river of passing events, and strong is its current; no sooner is a thing brought to sight than it is swept by and another takes its place, and this too will be swept away." ~Marcus Aurelius Antoninus The Empty Calendar I work with lots of contractors. Usually they are so busy that they have a hard time fitting in lunch or making it home before 7 pm. When I ask to see a busy

What makes the perfect team? To be in groups is, I believe, a human instinct. We are tribal beings. At work, as manager we need to create teams - the work equivalent of a tribe. How do we do it? Over 1400 years ago, a monk named Benedict knew then what we know now: the best organisations require effort to join. This effort is the main reason they are superior organisations - it sets up a virtuous circle where the