The Tiny Balcony

Some people may be blessed to not have a monster living in our mind (aka - the inner critic), but most of us do.  It’s the part of you that pushes away of the love you think you don’t deserve. It’s self-sabotage and it’s fed by self-limiting beliefs that are based on fear. So, today I’m giving you three simple steps to stop self-sabotage and break a cycle of self-limiting thoughts.

Each morning you can use your breath to set your day’s intention and use that intention throughout your day as your guide for what matters and what needs your attention, and what doesn’t. Just a few minutes and a few breaths can save you a lot of time and energy today so let’s breathe and get your day started with the energy and joy of the morning sun. Download my Free Essentials of Mindful Living Handbook to learn more about mindfulness.

We’ve all experienced the yearning for sleep that is just out of reach thanks to an express train mind. It’s hard to just turn your brain off after it’s been going full speed all day. And as the world continues to throw changes at you, it’s hard not to spiral into worry once things are quiet enough to think. Today, I'm sharing four tips to calm your mind and help you create a bedtime routine for better sleep.  Here is a link to my Gratitude Every Day Journal I mentioned in today's episode. Download it and start to build gratitude into you life today ]

When I say “self-love” it may get a reflex eye-roll out of you, and to that I say good! That’s where we need to start! Today, I’m helping you create three daily non-negotiables for self-love that will help you dispute the self belief that self-love is self indulgent and support you in believing that you are a whole and worthy person...just as you are.  Download my Free Essentials of Mindful Living Handbook to learn more about mindfulness.

When the certain remains uncertain for a very long time, your mind goes into overdrive to create stability.  An overactive mind leads to the release of stress hormones like cortisol and adrenaline during times of the day that you should be sleeping or focusing on work or family. Today, I’m sharing 10 tips to calm your mind with mindfulness, where mindfulness doesn’t feel like one more thing - it feels like your life, just better. Download my Free Essentials of Mindful Living Handbook to learn more about mindfulness.

Breathing slowly and deeply is a simple, effective way to bring mindfulness and all its benefits into your life.  Today, I’m sharing 3 easy mindful breathing meditations that can help you calm your mind and be still – in a minute! Download my Free Essentials of Mindful Living Handbook to learn more about mindfulness.

Today, I’m sharing 3 simple ways you can bring gratitude into your life to stop the critic in your head and reap all the benefits of gratitude, including better sleep, better health, and greater happiness. Who doesn't want more of those things these days? Download my Free Gratitude Every Day Journal to build gratitude into your life today.

Our minds are naturally wired to see and remember the negative. It takes real effort to recognize the good that’s right in front of you when you’re having a bad day. Today I’m sharing a meditation that will help you let go of the things you can’t control and get more positive energy into your life by focusing your attention on the good that’s right in front of you. Because that’s what mindfulness can do.  Download my Free Essentials of Mindful Living Handbook to learn more about mindfulness.

It’s that time of the year again…time to think about New Year’s Resolutions! 2020 and 2021 have been rough and the end is not in sight, so maybe this is the year to give yourself something versus punishing yourself by taking something away, and create a New Year’s Resolution based on loving kindness. Today, I’m giving you a loving-kindness meditation that will remind you of the capacity for kindness that lives in your heart. The kindness you dish out to others but hold back from yourself.  Download my Free Essentials of Mindful Living Handbook to learn more about mindfulness.

A cluttered mind has no room for change, curiosity and connection to the present. Inspired by Marie Kondo, today I’m sharing a mindful meditation that will help you clear out and tidying up all the clutter you are holding onto in your mind, body and spirit and create a spark of joy in your life with mindfulness.  Download my Free Essentials of Mindful Living Handbook to learn more about mindfulness.