Do you know that New Year’s resolutions often fail? And that setting an intention, or practicing sankalpa, is a far more powerful alternative to manifest what you want? Read about the whys, how to determine your intention, and how to transform it into your desire in my article, Six Steps to Ignite Your Power of Intention, just published by Spirituality & Health magazine.
Happy 2021!
This time last year, we were happily anticipating the changes that the 2020’s would bring. 2020 delivered more than we ever expected. Our resilience was, and will continue to be, called upon as the unprecedented events of last year go on to transform both our individual lives and our society.
I want to take a moment to thank all of you who chose to draw on my holistic wellness system, Integrative Solutions for Modern Life, or supported me in countless other ways over the past year.
The pandemic has contributed to increased interest in holistic well-being. I continue to offer 1:1 coaching and single-session Breakthrough Sessions, teach meditation, be published nationally, and consult on wellness for a public company. For those who missed it, last year I was also invited to speak on eight national radio shows that were heard on more than 150 stations coast-to-coast!.
As this health crisis lingers on, individuals and organizations have a greater need for support in helping themselves or their employees manage their health and stress while Working From Home (WFH) and as part of their Return to Office (RTO) initiatives. I continue to expand my work delivering public speaking engagements (via Zoom) to groups on topics that include, but are not limited to, Introduction to Meditation, Self-care Tips, Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Reducing Anxiety, and Navigating Change.
I’m grateful for the opportunity to continue to grow and share my expertise and passion for helping people empower themselves by fusing conscious living and healthy lifestyles with the practical demands of their daily lives.
What about you? Did the events of 2020 make you aware of anything that you would like to develop or change? Where in your life do you have untapped potential? Will you carry this insight into 2021 and choose to push your boundary a bit more? If so, the time is now.
Resilience uses adversity as a catalyst to dig deeper within and transform for the better. This is what we are being asked to do on a collective level. To achieve this objective, the most critical thing you can do for yourself, your family, community, and the planet today is to become the highest version of you.
Let’s step outside the current wave of uncertainty and hyper-focus on what tomorrow holds to draw upon the power of now and take action.
I’m here to be helpful.
We’re in a transitional season. Do you find it beautiful, yet cringe at the same time?
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) describes a spectrum of depression. The reduced level of sunlight in fall and winter may cause winter-onset SAD. This deficiency may disrupt your body’s internal clock and lead to feelings of fatigue and depression as well as difficulty focusing, sleep issues, irritability, and weight gain or loss.
It is estimated that five percent of all Americans are negatively affected by the changing seasons and waning of summer light. Another ten to twenty percent experience milder symptoms. Some people are more attuned to their light sensitivity than others.
Do you…
Find it more difficult to wake up as you approach winter? Feel down or like your energy has been drained on days without bright sunlight? Have trouble falling or staying asleep during winter nights? Count the days until Daylight Savings Time?
If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, you could be suffering from SAD. Over the past month, a good number of clients have come to me with these complaints. In the majority of the cases, we discovered that SAD was the cause of their symptoms.
The lockdown we have experienced due to this year’s pandemic has already taken a toll on our mental health. It has also caused us to spend much more time than usual this year indoors. Due to our lack of exposure to natural light, SAD could affect us much more than it normally does this coming winter.
I’m offering 30-minute Breakthrough Sessions to explore if you could be suffering from SAD.
I know all about SAD because from the time I was a child, I was conscious of my craving for natural light. Everyone who knows me is aware of me yearning for the beach during my school years, reading outdoors on the lawn at Voorhees Mall as a college student, and sunbathing in Central Park as a Manhattanite. Twenty years ago, I was fortunate to have had a progressive physician who evaluated all of his patients for SAD. Once I discovered that my bias for natural light was biological and not merely an idiosyncrasy, I was able to adopt some simple lifestyle methods to make the seasonal transitions easier.
Please don’t hesitate to contact me for support with this condition that, in most cases, is totally navigable with some uncomplicated adjustments. Of course, people can suffer from a wide spectrum of SAD. Those with severe symptoms should always consult with a physician.
Here’s to keeping it sunny in your mind! 😉
People like Oprah Winfrey, Steve Jobs, and Nikola Tesla (among others) have all credited intuition as the secret to their success. Intuition is a form of personal power that is all too often overlooked. Every one of us could access our intuition more readily or deeply. Spirituality & Health magazine, has just published my article: 5 Tips to Strengthen Your Intuition. Read it for some tips to develop this critical tool that often knows your best way forward.