My 2018 Theme

My 2018 Theme

When something feels right, it’s interesting how it brings a calm inside. It might not be logical or easy to explain to the outside world, but it just is. I like to have a “theme” for the year; something to anchor me. I struggled a bit to figure out...
When you’re mean to your mom

When you’re mean to your mom

Earlier this week I snapped at my mom in a really derisive, ugly tone, “I really don’t need the smart-ass comments.” She asked me later what it was she even said that I considered to be the offending statement. Her comment was not meant to be unkind...
On Being Brave

On Being Brave

My word for 2017 is BRAVE. I can remember this time last year trying to decide what word could possibly sum up how I wanted to face 2017. And here I am 12 months later feeling very sure I lived the word BRAVE. For me, this doesn’t show up as some one-time event...
Crossroads

Crossroads

Crossroads Sometimes there’s a crossroads the direction a choice made for us or maybe by us. Sometimes we see the crossroads; feeling the weight of the decision clearly pointing North or East West or South. And later. Looking back through a lense of experience...
No guilt about being human

No guilt about being human

Today marks a week since one of the most magical times of my life. I went to California to a business/life retreat ~ 6 women and our coach who put us on the hotseat, quite literally because it was 100 degrees in LA and there was no a/c in the house. But it...
How the timer stole my joy

How the timer stole my joy

I’m not a liesurely waker upper. Whether by alarm or naturally, I go from sleep to awake faster than a Lambourghini on the Autobahn in Germany. And then my mind goes out into the day way before my body does. I could be awake for 2 minutes and my mind has already...