July 31, 2012 This article title caught my attention. Debated skipping by without reading it, but it did its job—it pulled me in. The premise was that if we embrace the things we suck at, stop pretending we’re good at everything, or know everything, people will feel less threatened so we’ll have more friends, feel …
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Ending My Love Affair With Blame
July 20, 2012 Lately I’ve been taking some big risks. I’ve been trying really hard to practice what I preach. In every area of my life. WHAT A TRIP!!! (Not implying accomplishment here–note the word ‘trying’.) Today I want to talk about my experiences with identifying, taking responsibility for, and expressing feelings. What does that have …
Today’s the Day
July 8, 2012 Here’s one of my dreams. We all wake up together on the same page. We realize today is the day. Not tomorrow. Not when I….. Not if I…. Today. We walk out of the house and we really see. Blinders off. We see each other from the inside out. We see the …
Taking Sides
June 24, 2012 The idea for this post came from a powerful Susan Piver quote on her Open Heart Project site. Here’s the quote: “There is only one misstep we can take in this whole endeavor, one step, that if we go there, any situation becomes completely unworkable. That step is to divide the world …
The Five Love Languages
June 5, 2012 Have you ever come up with the perfect gesture to show someone you love them, and been met with a lukewarm , “um, gee, thanks”, when you expected an “Oh WOW! This is the nicest (best, most considerate, brilliant) thing anyone’s ever done for me”! Well, Gary Chapman wrote a book called …
On Being An Expert
May 20, 2012 What does it mean to be an expert? Does it even matter? These questions came from a recent conversation with my son, Ry. (Incidentally, it continues to delight me that some of the best conversations I have are with my son.) I’ve spent a lot of my life feeling uncomfortable and ‘less …
Everything I Need To Know I Didn’t Learn In Kindergarten
May 12, 2012 Turns out one of my most important life lessons has been something I could only learn in hindsight. I’m finding that if I wake up every morning and set my intention to stay open to everything, and I mean everything—the good, the bad, and the ugly–each day seems to be richer than …
Hard and Closed vs Soft and Open
May 1, 2012 Pema Chodron said, “We can let the circumstances of our lives harden us so that we become increasingly resentful and afraid, or we can let them soften us and make us kinder and more open to what scares us. We always have this choice”. I thought, blog material! Because I also thought, why …
Unique and Quirky vs. Defective
April 24, 2012 Emailing back and forth with my brother-in-law (thanks Dick), I realized that I’ve always been put off by the word defects when it’s applied to people. It implies there’s something inside of us that we need to get rid of. Remember the trite but true phrase, whatever we resist persists? Talk about a …
Invest In Yourself Without Spending A Dime
April 15, 2012 What’s free, shows up with no effort on your part, and you can’t do it ‘wrong’? Drumroll…your breath! Begin to pay attention to it and you’re going to reap some benefits. Investing even a few minutes a day into attending to your breath can improve your energy level, reduce anxiety and panic attacks, …