Author: Muse

Look.Taste.Smell.Touch.Listen.Have you thought about your five senses lately? Do you know which of your senses elicit feelings or memories the most easily? The holiday season provides special or unique sounds, tastes, smells, sights, things to touch. Cinnamon, ginger, balsam potpourri or candles? (Your nose knows.) My sister described a soft blouse - "Isn't it just so Buttery" and had to caress every chenille or velvet throw in the store when we were shopping. (Her sense of touch is important.) Favorite Christmas carols by favorite artists that make you smile and feel warm inside - Peace on Earth and Joy to…

I'm not completely freaking out and that's a good thing. When you read this, I'll be getting on a plane to visit family (where it's warmer than Dallas.)But yesterday morning all I could think about was how much I had to do & how there wasn't enough time to do it. I felt a little tightness in my chest as a result of what I was thinking. Sound familiar? Preparing for Thanksgiving travel or dinner guests (or Black Friday, if you prefer) doesn't exactly require a degree in Project Management, but it could help. How do you juggle? Because I…

Keri Riggs, LPC Counseling, Coaching & Consulting Newsletter Issue: March 2013  Keri's Corner Hello, Friends! I've been AWOL from writing but doing more reading & studying the past couple of months instead.  I am learning to accept periods like this as part of the ebb & flow of creativity, motivation, and the kind of "gestation" period needed for reflection and re-centering.  It's a form of Self-Care....and yet occasionally I get caught up in guilt / fear / shame / negative self-talk that I'm not being "productive" enough. How do you navigate periods like this in your own life?  What helps and what doesn't?  I'd love to…