For the last few weeks, I’ve been monitoring the rise and fall of Leo. Leo has his good days and not so good days. Sometimes he’s alert and raring to go, eating well and enthusiastically. Other times he’s sluggish and unresponsive, with little appetite. Last week it got a bit scary, even, when he took … Continue reading
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The Trust Dilemma, Or Too Much Coke
Several years ago I got involved with a committee. I was part of a small alumni chapter, and there were about ten of us who took the reins that year. Although I didn’t last very long, I did enjoy our early sense of camaraderie and shared mission. There was a little blossoming of community that … Continue reading
Meaning Mondays: Creative Chick Meets Warrior Woman Edition
So even if the hot loneliness is there, and for 1.6 seconds we sit with that restlessness when yesterday we couldn’t sit for even one, that’s the journey of the warrior. ~Pema Chodron SO, A FEW WEEKS AGO, I MADE REFERENCE TO MY INNER WARRIOR. Let’s just call her Wise Warrior Woman. WWW for short. … Continue reading
The Story of One Day, Just For You
Pondering the sniffles on Monday got me thinking about something else. Something different, but related. I suppose I would call it an evolving awareness that I’ve come to after 10 years as a counselor and coach. Turns out I’m no longer surprised when clients tell me they welcome getting sick. Or even being hospitalized for … Continue reading
Meaning Mondays: The Sniffles Edition
Like everybody else, when I don’t know what else to do, I seem to go in for catching colds. ~George Jean Nathan I’ve been under the weather the past few days. Nothing serious, just a vague sneezy virus that settles in the chest and leaves a general feeling of malaise in its wake. Bestowed upon … Continue reading
Meaning Mondays: The Less is More Edition
Did you ever hear the story about National Geographic photographer Jim Brandenburg? Back in the fall of 1994, he got tired of the grind. The endless treadmill. The pressure to produce more. So what did he do? He hightailed it back home, to the Boundary Waters area of Northern Minnesota. In that wild and beautiful … Continue reading
Meaning Mondays: The Letting Go of Love Edition
We need in love to practice only this: letting each other go. For holding on comes easily–we do not need to learn it. ~Rainer Maria Rilke Two weeks into spring, and the clearing out/cleaning up energy is in full force, breezing through both my inner and outer houses. It arrives like a strong wind behind … Continue reading
Meaning Mondays: The Time Edition
The good news is that creative expression, whether that means writing, dancing, bird-watching, or cooking, can give a person almost everything that he or she has been searching for: enlivenment, peace, meaning, and the incalculable wealth of time spent quietly in beauty. ~Anne Lamott Hard to believe, but I’ve now completed three months of Meaning … Continue reading
life as a work of art
For years these words were on my website about what I want for my clients and myself: Following our deepest purpose and direction in life Saying “Yes!” to our unique talents, potential, and creativity Breaking through obstacles that hold us back Living passionately and experiencing life as a work of art Life as a work … Continue reading
Meaning Mondays: A Gathering of Men Edition
By the time a man is 35 he knows that the images of the right man, the tough man, the true man which he received in high school do not work in life. -Robert Bly Here’s something you probably don’t know about me: I miss stuff. For instance, American Idol was on television for seven … Continue reading
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