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Tuesday, November 27, 2012 at 2:20 PM I wrote a novel this month. Wow! Do you know how much fun that is to write? I'll do it again... I wrote a novel this month! Before the tingle wears off and I invite my inner critic and editor to step back in (btw - I sent them on vacation for the month of November and highly recommend it), I wanted to share the delight of accomplishment with you.
Tuesday, October 30, 2012 at 1:46 PM The man I share a table with at the airport café snacks on an oversized cookie, takes a quick swig from his paper-cupped coffee with eyes glued to his computer and a cell phone juggled under his chin. Across the way, a mother loudly chastises her young child for dropping muffin crumbs on the ground. She scowls at her spouse and shoos him away to get more napkins as she smoothes her own perfectly coiffed appearance. Outside in the concourse, people rush at (and by) me like flying grains of wheat released from an overflowing silo.
Monday, October 8, 2012 at 11:37 AM Why would you or I commit to doing anything we feel less than passionate about? Consider these words from Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi: “A person who is constantly worried about how others will perceive him/her, who is afraid of creating the wrong impression, or of doing something inappropriate, is also condemned to permanent exclusion from enjoyment.”
Sunday, September 23, 2012 at 12:29 PM It may be the irreverent part of me or my own impish little girl, but I roared with laughter upon reading a client's tale about her granddaughter rolling around in dog poop. The story is the exact opposite of propriety and sounds downright icky on the base level. Doesn’t society suggest that we’re supposed to always stay clean and tidy and/or be the prim grandmother in sensible shoes reading Mother Goose by the fire to our pink-cheeked offspring? Who says those things have to be true?
Monday, August 13, 2012 at 6:53 PM In her Tedx Talk, "The Power of Vulnerability," researcher/story teller, Brene Brown concludes with four steps that lead to what she calls a whole-hearted life. The steps center upon vulnerability, and she shares these words, "to be vulnerable is to be alive." I invite you to pause and take a few moments to consider what vulnerability looks like for you. How will you choose to be alive?