Coaching & Guided Autobiography
Happy New Year! I hope your year is off to a beautiful start. As you begin your 2023 journey, I offer the following questions to help you reflect, gain perspective, focus, and take one small step at a time to accomplish what matters most. Wishing you a delightful 2023. May you find and live into hope, …
My piece from the the anthology, Homeward. I don’t remember exactly when my stomach began to hurt. I know it wasn’t when we were all piled on my parents’ bed, amidst the Sunday funny papers, the dog, and the giggling. And I know it wasn’t when my mom suggested we start our day with waffles …
My Mom leaned in close, her eyes brimming over, and quietly said, “I can’t believe this is my last Thanksgiving.” I wish I had just taken her hand and nodded. Or said, “I know” or “I love you” or “you’ll always be with me on Thanksgiving” or said just about anything other than what …
Year in and year out, my friend has lived into the question, “How can I add peace and love to other people’s lives and to the world?
“Stories are light. Light is precious in a world so dark. Begin at the beginning. Make some light.” – Kate DiCamillo I stood there, at first perplexed and then dumbfounded. I was wrist deep in papers and pictures, tackling the long overdue project of going through the boxes that I had stored in the basement since my …
When you give 100% you don’t have to deal with regret, along with the sadness and disappointment.
You get it. You should get a good night’s sleep. Every. Single. Night. The research is conclusive. And extensive. As Arianne Huffington has so decisively proven, “There’s practically no element of our lives that’s not improved by getting adequate sleep.” A good night’s sleep is imperative if we want to be healthy, work smarter, be …
If I’m so smart, why can’t I get a good night’s sleep? Read More »
I’m writing this on Valentine’s Day because the myriad of feelings and reactions the 3 little words, “Happy Valentine’s Day” can stir up deserves to be addressed and, in many cases, mitigated! Especially when a quick search brings up the word lonely as often as love in relation to Valentine’s Day… as well as jaded, …
I can still see the toes of my daughter’s tiny hot pink hiking boots tapping together as she sat staring straight ahead, slightly embarrassed by the goings on around her. Never contemptuous yet a bit a dismissive, she watched out of her peripheral vision as the other toddlers and parents did the hokey pokey. It …
The Best Advice I Ever Received Came from My Toddler Read More »
Three very simple practices that can increase the warmth and connection you feel each and every day.