Excited about our first Pause Power Retreat coming up in December in beautiful Clearwater Beach, Florida! When I present programs on mindfulness, people always assume I mean meditation. Well, that’s one way to practice mindfulness but it’s not the only way. In fact, when my retreat partner Mickie Brown and I teach mindfulness to our […]
Year: 2014
Mindfulness: It’s not just what you do, it’s who you are.
I had the privilege of sharing some of my Every Day Mindfulness tips with the readers of D.I. magazine. It’s sometimes a challenge to explain how to be mindful in 500 works or less because Mindfulness is not just what you do in the moment it is also who you are. In a state of […]
How to Speak So That People Will Want To Listen
Julian Treasure’s brilliant TED Talk on communicating effectively is not just for aspiring Distinguished Toastmasters! It’s the most empowering and informative video on how to speak powerfully and how to create sound consciously. Watch, learn, and speak–mindfully and beautifully! […]
Are you Cirquing it?
Click to see the Amazing video! I always marvel when I see top performers. They bring something that sets them apart from the rest. Beyond experience, knowledge, and conditioning, they express what it means to be in the flow. Flow is a state that can only be experienced when you stay in the moment and […]
Are you Living Life in the Default Zone?
Last week, Belinda Brown interviewed me on her Empowered Women series. The intent of the interview was to talk about my research and book on voluntary childlessness but we ended up taking most of the hour talking about the link between mindful, conscious, decision making and success. Over the course of our lives we develop habitual patterns of behavior which become […]
Laura’s Playlist
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GINbI5CMt3I] Pharrel Williams’ song HAPPY is my theme song this year. I can not help but jump up and dance when I hear this tune. Apparently people around the world feel the same way! Check out this video and you will be dancing along… […]
Making the Most of the Moment
I have been a mindfulness practitioner for some time so I don’t recall the moment when I began to more consciously live in the moment but when I started making the most of the moment I began to live a better and happier life. I also became more productive, more focused, more loving, and more […]