December 24, 2013 Tis the season and I’ve noticed that people are being especially thoughtful. That got me to thinking and raised the question what is kindness made of? There’s something in the air around the holidays that I’d like to bottle and sprinkle on mankind throughout the rest of the year. But then I thought, …
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Change = Intention + A Plan
December 17, 2013 Most of us not only want to survive, we also want to grow and develop. That means change. You’ve all heard it—the only things guaranteed in this life are change and death. In that order. Every time I’m reminded of those inevitabilities I’m re-energized to find ways to increase the color and …
Give It Up
December 5, 2013 How would your life look if you made the following your focus for 2014? Give up trying to be good/honest/loving/of service and deal with who you are right now when you’re not at your best—defended, defensive, disingenuous, pathetic, broken, reactive, self-righteous, self-important, pompous, unique, uniquely good, uniquely bad, special, evolved—and make a …
Active Gratitude
November 27, 2013 Is there anything, I mean anything, of any value that is still left to be said about gratitude??? Thanksgiving’s here and although it’s literally my favorite Holiday for a variety of reasons, when I thought about writing something this morning I felt like a dried up prune. And then I got it! …
Dealing With Stress Part 2
November 12, 2013 Last week’s blog focused on research that suggests how we react to external stressors can be a primary determinant of whether or not stress makes us sick. It said that external stress comes from the stuff that life hands us. This week I want to look at another kind of stress, one that …
Making Friends With Stress
November 7, 2013 For years I’ve been talking about making friends with uncomfortable feelings. Because when we resist them they just grow with all that attention. Now there’s research to back that up! Kelly McGonigal’s Ted Talk on stress substantiates something that doesn’t necessarily make sense at first blush, but with consideration makes all the …
Gentleness
October 29, 2013 Gentleness Accomplishes More is the title of Susan Piver’s recent lesson from her beautiful Open Heart Project. I read the title and was slammed with two awarenesses: the truth of that statement, and then the reality of how very, very hard it can be for me to live out gentle. This is …
Before You Speak, T.H.I.N.K.
October 20, 2013 T…is it true? H…is it helpful? I… is it inspiring? N…is it necessary? K…is it kind? I saw this poster and immediately copied it and put it on a wall in my office. I liked it, but I didn’t really feel it in my bones. I didn’t let it change me. I suspect …
‘I Don’t Know’ Is A Real Answer
October 7, 2013 When I was raising my son, he often came to me with a ‘want’ (that he really, really believed was a ‘neeeed’) and he’d neeeed an answer NOW. More often than I’d like to admit I’d cave and in frustration give permission for something that didn’t feel right to me. Maybe even …
Home Is Where The Heart Is
September 30, 2013 Maybe there’s a more profound meaning behind that trite but true phrase. If my heart is closed I’m not at home anywhere. My heart closes when I experience fear in any shape, form or permutation. It’s an automatic programmed reaction that I’ve practiced for a lifetime and honed to a skill. And …