Experiencing it. Expressing it. Creating it. Practicing it. Everything in my life changes when I choose to switch my focus from what’s not working to what I appreciate in myself, others and the world around me. My dad passed this gift on to me. Being grateful flips on my heart switch. When I choose gratitude, [...]
The Art of Waiting
I will admit it. Patience is not exactly one of my strengths. According to the Kolbe Index I’m a Quick Start. This just means that my tendency is to dive into things headfirst and get going, ASAP. I pretty much do everything this way. On the one hand, it does mean I get a lot of things done. [...]
Big Change: How the Beasties Helped Me
BIG change can be scary. You want to talk about fear? Try explaining to your physician colleagues at the hospital that, ummm yes……you won’t be coming back from your sabbatical to practice medicine because you have discovered that wild animals have helpful messages and that is what you are going to do from now on. Unfortunately [...]
Size is Everything
Sometimes I get fooled into believing that it’s only the really BIG people who are living an extraordinary life–people like Lady Gaga, Oprah, Richard Branson, Johnny Depp… They stand on stadiums and inspire thousands of people, they’re highly creative, they have bold ideas, they are dripping in talent, they’re super confident, and they are able to download and write a best-seller overnight. [...]
Three Words Have Rocked My World!
Three words from my mother have changed my world. I know she doesn’t realize it, and I am not sure I can even explain to my sisters the full impact that this has had on my life. I didn’t totally understand what I was feeling until I was listening to Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estes the [...]
What if Rejection Were Like The Backson?
I watched Winnie the Pooh with the kids the other day. There is a scene about The Backson. He is a terrible kind of monster…. His hide is like a shaggy rugHis face a surely ugly mugWith two sharp horns atop his headIn between a mop of hair that’s redAnd in his nose a ring [...]
Body Language
Diet. Food. Scale. Weight. What do you feel when you hear those words? For most women, they are loaded with negativity. How about these: Fat, skinny, overweight. We use language to tell a story, and choose words that give it meaning. We say, I’m overweight. I’m underweight. Never the ideal weight the charts tell us we should [...]
Warning: Extreme Delays Ahead
A major construction project is taking place on the road behind my house. The Department of Transportation has done a fabulous job with the communication and signage. Eight months ago, there were gentle warnings. “Construction ahead.” “Road work August 1 – 5, 6am – 6pm.” “Plan alternate routes.” We developed a few shortcuts and became [...]
The $6.30 Solution
Somewhere along the line, I acquired a cheap little eyebrow pencil sharpener. Wasn’t much – a gimcrack drugstore model – and I used it every so often when needed. OK, every so often for several years. And after how many ever years, the thing started losing its edge. Every time I tried to draw an [...]
What’s Your Legacy?
Each of us leaves a legacy, consciously or not. For me, I think about my legacy largely in terms of my daughter, Clara. If you are a Mom, I bet that’s true for you, too. Until I stopped drinking in my late 20’s (I’m now 41) my relationship with the legacy I was living out [...]
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