FGL Stress Break: Feeling Stuck? Take a Walk

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Have you ever been involved with several projects at once and then suddenly you’re stuck.  Your thoughts drift, you touch base on Facebook, your creativity decreases and you just can’t get anything done?  That happened to me last week as I worked on blog posts, live talks, and my newsletter.  I looked at the clock …Read the full article

Feel Good Friday: Take a Hike (and a free hiking download)

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I recently had the pleasure of leading my sixth hiking group through Braintree Adult Education.  We started with a classroom session, followed by a hike a Blue Hills a few days later.  Hiking could quite possibly be the perfect activity:  you get some fresh air, exercise, connections with nature and connections with other people. Here …Read the full article

Feel Good Friday: In Awe of Nature

New! Over the next few weeks I’m making a lot of changes to the site.  One of them starts now.  Every Friday is Feel Good Friday, a chance to reflect on the positive aspects of the week while getting ready for the weekend.  I’ll provide inspiration from my own life, something I find on the …Read the full article

How do you relax your body to reduce stress?

In this video I share the two main techniques I use to relax my body and reduce stress:  take a body scan to identify tense muscles, then stretch them out. Are you aware of how stress shows up physically?  For me it’s neck/shoulder and lower back tension.  When I’m nervous I feel tension in my …Read the full article

Feel Good Friday: Ice Cream For Breakfast! And Other Lessons Learned at Camp

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Last weekend I volunteered as a counselor at Pacemaker/ICD Camp.  Funded and sponsored by Children’s Hospital in Boston, this camp is for kids, age 7 to 21, who have Pacemakers.  They are too sick for regular camp and not sick enough for camps that host terminally ill children.  Weekends like this change how you think …Read the full article