by Adalgisa Holtrop | Jun 12, 2015
We have been fostering a culture where we are expected to have high energy, power and strength at all times. Successful people are considered the ones that achieve these requirements. What we forget is that there are costs to this expectation. These costs can come...
by Adalgisa Holtrop | May 25, 2015
“Let the beauty of what you love be what you do.” Rumi We sometimes forget how important is to be reverent and look for beauty in our daily lives. As we age, our lives get busier, the demands on our time increases, and less time is left for reverence and...
by Adalgisa Holtrop | Apr 10, 2015
Authenticity We are inundated with outside pressures to conform to certain values that are not necessarily our own: be a certain kind of professional, adopt some lifestyle, dress this way, go to these places, etc. Sometimes it seems easier to ignore crucial...
by Adalgisa Holtrop | Mar 14, 2015
In New England, we still have so much snow covering the ground and such cold temperatures that the idea of Spring seems far off. But Spring is more than warmer temperatures and flowers. Spring is a shift of the axis of the Earth, getting us closer to the Sun. We...
by Adalgisa Holtrop | Feb 11, 2015
Appreciation: the recognition of good qualities of someone or something. I find when we reflect on someone’s good traits, we learn to take in these qualities. By observing what we like in others we can start fostering those qualities in ourselves. Who are the people...
