Staying in places, jobs, and relationships with people, and things and that no longer “fit” you have a tremendous cost.

RBG’s words echo mindful coaching: pause, choose your response, and let challenges refine you. A reflection on perspective, practice, and legacy. “Impediments” can become good fortune. RBG’s quotes are a masterclass in mindful leadership: steadiness, persuasion, and one step at a time. Want to be remembered for using your talents well? RBG offers a roadmap: respond with intention, fight for what matters, and help others join you.

The birthdays of those you love are a moment to pause and be present and reflect and appreciate.

And as I sat down to do just this, I was inspired by the fact that The Mindful Healers Podcast episode released this week is called “Allowing Joy.”

Some of us have to work at allowing joy, my husband is an expert at it. He does it effortlessly.

A better relationship isn’t always about fixing the other person. Sometimes it’s about removing the barriers inside you that keep love out.

When we lean into the beauty of the good we have in our relationships, we experience more good.

There are lots of different models of amazing and worthwhile relationships in this world. Without a doubt, every relationship is missing something. When we let go of comparisons with others' relationships, those who we perceive may have more of what we think we want, and we enjoy our own more.

Could you resist the urge to believe there is a relationship out there that would be better and make you happier?

Could you trust the you who chose this relationship when you chose it?

What if you choose to tell a story about it that feels good and helps you enjoy your life?

Doing the work on you and your own mind can help you find a harmonious place in your relationships even when the other person - teen- young adult or otherwise- isn’t in a space to be able to or doesn’t want to make changes.

Accepting and allowing your teens, young adult children, and partners- as they are and you as you are — with “grace and compassion.” is a beautiful strategy.

We are all imperfect and “a work in progress.”

Your relationship with your adult children is longer than your relationship with your children as kids and there is a lot of time to get it right and wrong. And it usually turns out fine either way.

There is no failure just learning. Sometimes there is more learning when it doesn't go right than when it does.

Mindfulness and coaching have helped me become a much better parenting teammate. Supporting your teammates and playing to their strengths is a great strategy. Micromanaging and criticizing usually don't lead to the best team experience or results.

Coaching doesn’t just create insight—it changes how you live. A client reflection on legacy, 50/50, and becoming more herself. A beautiful reminder: you can be working things out and still be thriving—especially when you stop waiting and start living.

Mindfulness and coaching allow me to see this and then to live it with those I love. It is especially helpful in my neurodiverse marriage and with my mother.

Once again I am back to my guiding words for 2021– love, abundance, grounded, and proud.

When I chose these words I did not understand how they would —and should —seep deeply into every nook and cranny of my life.

Better relationships have a lifetime return: more calm, connection, and ease—and far less resentment and depletion. This is an invitation to practice love on purpose.

Bringing mindfulness to my relationship and learning to show up intentionally helped me navigate more smoothly through mental health challenges, physical health challenges, neurodiversity, job transitions, toddlers, Adhd, teenagers, and 2020.

Parenting young adults in a pandemic is both messy and beautiful.

Young adult children and teenagers are wonderful and they don’t always do things as you think they should.

They are just like all people.