Core Contemplations
Welcome to Core Contemplations, where you gain helpful tools, techniques, thoughts and insights to spark your curiosity and creativity, manage midlife and menopause, and inspire positive change and sustainable wellbeing.
Note: blog posts beginning October 2024 are more midlife and menopause focused while those prior contain broad topics around change and wellbeing.
Self-Care or Self-Comfort?
Self-care is not selfish–it’s a necessity and it can take a lot of courage to identify, prioritize and maintain your own wellbeing.
Out with the Old and In with the New…
I’m all for aligning desired change with natural cycles and cadences, and this New Year transition offers quite a powerful shift to harness.
Is This Perimenopause?
While the classic hot flush might be the most recognizable and openly discussed symptom, it’s far from the only one.
The 5 Menopause Mainstays
I have learned a great deal about menopause through research and experience and have distilled this knowledge and wisdom into five major areas of menopause health and wellbeing.
Menopausability
Menopause is having a moment…and I really hope it’s not just a flash in the pan!
Sinking into Summer: A Slow Descent into Sunshine
This year, be it a vacation, staycation, or a mindset shift, slow down, breathe deeply, and sink into the warmth of the season.
Stuck in the Starting Blocks: Reigniting Passion When You Can’t Find Your Spark
A while ago, a friend shared that she was excited (and relieved!) to have found her passion, but was struggling with how to kindle the mindset or energy to dive in.
Blurred Lines
What if that overlap—those blurred lines—are where the real space, color, clarity, and increased opportunities reside?
When Time Expands, What Leap Will You Take?
How often have you heard someone (or yourself?) say, “I wish I had an extra day in the week!” While we can’t regularly add an 8th day to the week, 2024 is a special year, a Leap Year, with an extra day full of possibilities.
Fresh Start Fever: Ditch the Dust Bunnies, Embrace the Butterflies!
Today is the day we crack open the windows, release the stale air, and inject a shot of Fresh Start Fever as we welcome the New Year!
A Path to Peace and Fulfillment
Embracing simplicity and setting realistic expectations can help us to find peace and fulfillment in our lives, regardless of what is going on around us.
Seasonal Rotations
As fall is in full foliage and the weather begins to get chillier by the day, I have completed one of my seasonal rotations…
Dealing with Disappointment and Frustration
Things happen that can be disappointing and cause frustration, sadness, confusion, anger or uncertainty. These downturns are a natural part of life…
Being Well
What does it mean to “be well”? It’s clearly on our collective radar, and yet as is frequently the case with us humans, we make it more complicated than it needs to be.
