Wow! What a difference days and weeks can make. Have you made a change since I invited you to Slip Out of a Structure? Did you become aware of a rut or a tradition that you saw in a new way? Is it time for you to consider the idea? I wrote about the gifts of waking up to structures in our lives that it may be time to move … [Read more...]
Are You Riding Life’s Rhythms?
Musing about rhythms leads me to name similar ideas, like cycles, habits, traditions, seasons, practices… Maybe you have a neighbor who’s always first to decorate for Halloween….an uncle who lives for The World Series….a son who can’t wait for band practice to begin. Maybe you live for Rosh Hashanah or Thanksgiving. What enters your mind … [Read more...]
Don’t Take Anything Personally
I love it. The month that I attend a book study on The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz (Be Impeccable with Your Word, Don’t Take Anything Personally, Don’t Make Assumptions, and Always Do Your Best), it feels like a dear friend of mine has put up an impenetrable wall, an illusion of separation I feel so strongly. Has this happened to you, … [Read more...]
Allow Yourself Some Slack, My Friend
Allow, honor….two of my favorite words these days, living into this moment-to-moment awareness of life in new ways. Watching and listening to the things I say and choices I make is completely different than the way I used to operate, which was more reactive, leading to this aftermath -- I’d often beat myself up about what I’d said … [Read more...]
Healing Into our Higher Selves
My phone rings at 11:26 a.m. Where are you? says the caller to pajama-clad me typing away, getting ready for tomorrow’s speaking engagement. Wow! My brain swiftly organizes from chaos to realize this is the person who invited me to give a talk in front of a group of women tomorrow. And she’s on the phone saying the program is today. And … [Read more...]




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