(Continued from a few posts ago. Remember, all of these installments make up the one and only Chapter One of the book that almost was).

Stop, Balance, Go!

Chapter One – Installment 4

Addicted to Speed

We’re addicted to the speed that drives our culture, and we’re dropping the ball. We’re dropping in [...]

• because you really can’t do it all and have it all – but that’s OK!

• because yours and others expectations of you might not be realistic.

• because it’s time you forgave the past and energized the NOW.

• because you need to treat yourself with the same loving care as you treat others.

• because your [...]

When my sister recently mentioned Laughter Yoga to me, I had to laugh! I thought she was kidding. She wasn’t!

Seriously, this new form of Yoga is sweeping the world and bringing tears to the eyes of millions – tears of laughter that is.

Take a look at this YouTube video to get the idea of how [...]

Stop, Balance, Go!

Chapter One – Installment 3

Gender Driven

Maybe it’s just because women are from Venus that we tend to process stress so very differently than our male (Martian) counterparts. But in reading John Gray’s most recent book, Why Mars & Venus Collide, I’ve come to understand that women and men are hardwired very [...]

Stop, Balance, Go!

Chapter One – Installment 2

Running Out of Gas

The book you hold in your hands just may be the thing that saves your life, too. I’m hoping so. Can I assume that, like me, you’re juggling many roles in life? Is it possible that you’re living life in the fast lane, [...]

Hi, my name is Nerve Ana. You can call me Ana for short.

Cassie and I spent over a year writing a book proposal and sample chapter for a book called, “Stop, Balance, Go!” By the time we sent it to ten hand-picked publishers, the publishing slump had begun. “We love it!” [...]

I’ve been teased about making this statement each time I finish and love a book.

I guess it’s just that the right book seems to come to me at the right time and so it feels like it was written for me and I get excited! Then, I go and recommend the heck out of [...]

Meditation for Dummies…I mean Dollies.

by Ana

Whenever life gets too overwhelming, I find a quiet place to sit and meditate.

I have a hard time closing my eyes, so I wear shades to keep the light out.

Everybody I talk to thinks it’s too hard to meditate. They [...]

I almost walked right past this stepping stone on a rainy walk last week. OMG, it was so appropriate for me to see it on that very day, and I’ll tell you why in a minute.

First though, I have to say that hardly anyone calls this symbol by it’s [...]

This beautiful piece was painted for me by my sister Jessica in 1977, the year after I moved from Michigan to California – to live with her!

My sister was my hero then. She still is.

When she left for college, all I wanted to do was “come to [...]