FIG Bites May 2026: Cycles Welcome to May! This month's theme is "Cycles" because if you've been living as long as I have (or longer), you know that we're surrounded by cycles - the seasons, our lives (from one birthday to the next), our biorhythms, the list goes on. This past month I led a Moon Cycles workshop for women to learn more about their bodies and the moon. I don't know about you, but every night I look up at the night sky and see what phase the moon is in and the full moon has got...
about 1 month ago • 4 min read
FIG Bites April 2026: Golden Welcome to April! This month's theme is "Golden". It's springtime in the northern hemisphere and gold is popping out as trees and bushes and flowers wake up from their winter slumber. It makes me think of Robert Frost's poem, "Nothing Gold Can Stay" and my favorite book, "The Outsiders." Nothing Gold Can Stay Nature's first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf's a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, So...
3 months ago • 4 min read
FIG Bites February 2026: Compassion Welcome to February! This month's theme is "Compassion". Compassion is a deep awareness and feeling of concern for another's suffering, combined with a powerful urge to take action to relieve that suffering. You can feel compassion for others OR you can practice self-compassion. Think of the times you may force yourself to do something when you're tired or put yourself into a yoga posture that doesn't feel good. You matter and you can give yourself a break....
5 months ago • 4 min read
FIG Bites January 2026: Renaissance Welcome to January! This month's theme is "Renaissance" which means "rebirth." Our current month signifies the start of a new year, 2026, and you may often hear people say, "New Year, New You." I admit that it's not my favorite saying. Instead of reaching for a new version of ourselves, how might we love and accept ourselves for who we are TODAY and grow into someone who is comfortable in their own skin? How might we celebrate our own uniqueness and...
6 months ago • 4 min read
FIG Bites December 2025: Retrospective Welcome to December! This month's theme is "Retrospective". Can you believe we only have a couple days left in 2025?!? A retrospective is a time to look back and reflect: what went well and what could be improved for next time. How did 2025 go for you? One of my yoga teachers talked about how we're in the year of the snake. It's been a transition year with life areas transforming, relationships changing or shedding. As you look back at 2025, you may...
7 months ago • 4 min read
FIG Bites November 2025: Gratitude Welcome to November! This month's theme is "Gratitude". There won't be a formal newsletter this month because I ran out of time preparing for our Thanksgiving trip to Belize (see happy traveling boys). For the rest of the month, I'd encourage you to spend each day noticing the little things around you that bring you joy - feeling grateful for these glimmers will bring you to the present moment and create an overall sense of well being. Some example glimmers...
8 months ago • 1 min read
FIG Bites October 2025: Abundance Welcome to October! This month's theme is "Abundance". With our changing season, it can be challenging to think about abundance as the leaves are falling off the trees. An abundant mindset is the belief that there are enough resources and opportunities for everyone, focusing on possibilities rather than limitations. When things get challenging in your personal life, or you feel like your rights keep lessening with each new legislation passed, remember you...
9 months ago • 4 min read
FIG Bites September 2025: Transformation Welcome to September! This month's theme is "Transformation". For most of us, this time of year signals the transformation of Summer into Fall. The sun rises later and sets earlier. The temperature gets cooler. And our bodies adjust. Some people find it hard to grasp transformation (aka change) and like to stay the same. Change can be scary and it's something we need to embrace. If a caterpillar chose to stay within the comfort of its cocoon, it would...
10 months ago • 4 min read
FIG Bites August 2025: Creativity Welcome to August! This month's theme is "Creativity". If I were to ask you if you thought you were creative, what would your answer be? Yes or No? Most adults answer "No". When a classroom of children are asked the same question, almost all of them raise their hand, "Yes". A NASA study about the decline of creative thinking attributed the decline, as children move into adulthood, to a couple possible reasons: emphasis on conformity, focus on memorization,...
11 months ago • 4 min read