Over the past few weeks, I have spent an inordinate amount of time focused on something many might consider rather gross – shedding skin. I decided to do a chemical facial peel AND something akin to that for the soles of my feet – my attempt to follow the “out with the old, in with […]
Our Emotional Battery
I mentioned to several friends recently that if I were an iPhone, this is what my internal battery would look like. Following the one-two punches of having to say goodbye to our sweet, thirteen year old dog and then a week later coming to grips with the results of the presidential election, I was grateful […]
The heart it seeks is your own
Upon returning from another emotionally unruly trip to Michigan to visit family, the thought occurred to me that if ‘the heart often has the greater wisdom’, I’m screwed. If you are a reader of this blog, you may recall that I have an aging mother and disabled brother for whom I provide care and support […]
Learning from the Inside Out
A few weeks ago I attended a coaching course that focused almost exclusively on emotions. This may just have caused some of you to recoil and wonder why in the heck I would choose to do something like that, but I can say with all honesty that it was transformative for me personally and has […]
Be the Skillet
I have a very good friend whose father-in-law is a regular visitor to area thrift stores. He loves to search for great bargains and has a particular affection for cast iron skillets. (After finding this out I put in my order with him for one). As I was learning more about all that one […]
What forms us
For those of you who follow my blog, you may have noticed a bit of inconsistency in terms of when I post. While it is on my To Do list weekly, I am not always moved to write about something that I feel others might want to hear. While riding my bike this morning, […]
Let’s Surf!
This week I traveled down to Chicago to visit my daughter. Our plans were to grab a bite to eat and then check out her new apartment. We had arranged for me to pick her up from work and then head out to dinner. Traffic in Chicago is notoriously awful, especially at that time of […]
Love and Belonging
The upside of rifling through my memory challenged mom’s papers as I try to stay ahead of whatever bill paying disaster looms large, is that I find a treasure like this photo. For those of you who are around my age, I bet this has a ring of familiarity to it. My dad is […]
Generosity of Spirit
“The true law of life is that we generate more of whatever seems scarce by trusting its supply and passing it around. Authentic abundance does not lie in secured stockpiles of food or cash or influence or affection but in belonging to a community where we can give those goods to others who need them […]
Learning to Walk
Have you ever watched a young child learn to walk? It is such a mixture of emotions as the observer – delight, fear, hope, pride – as we see them try and fail, try and fail. What’s amazing is that the toddler rarely seems distressed by the constant getting up and falling down. That inner […]
