Domino... aka Nighttime at Our House

One word—“Mom”—reaches out of the velvety night like cream pouring from fine china. “I’m home.”


One word—“Mom”—reaches out of the velvety night like cream pouring from fine china. “I’m home.”
Welcome to “On the Same Page” – an online book club hosted by four fun-loving coaches (Kanesha Baynard, Betsy Pearson, Amy Steindler & me) who have made our careers by launching into the ‘vast universe of possibility.’ Our carefully selected book this spring is "The Art of Possibility" by Rosamund Stone Zander and Benjamin Zander. This week I have the privilege of introducing the first chapter, “It’s All Invented” or as I tend to call it, “We Make Stuff Up.”
This past Saturday I had the exciting opportunity to speak at Seattle University's "Search for Meaning" book festival. It was an honor and privilege to share airspace with the likes of prolific writer, Sherman Alexie, and Pulitzer Prize winner, Michael Chabon, as well as 40+ other brilliant authors.
Marketing gurus and life coaches are constantly tossing around words like “niche” and “brand.” To be perfectly honest, both words kind of make me gag. It probably comes from living inside a perfectly constructed box for much of my life and now that I’ve broken free I resist going back inside. But… and there’s always a but… if I had to select my niche or brand then I would have to say it is Pondering. I Ponder.
Recently I decided to take a challenge and participate in the National Day of Unplugging and go off the grid for 24 hours. After the initial panic subsided when I realized it entailed turning off my iPhone in addition to the computer and iPad, I reconciled with my decision, sent my family a reminder I was unplugging, and waited for the sun to set.