Coaching & Guided Autobiography
At risk of stating the obvious…. the last 18 months have been difficult. The uncertainty. The reckoning. The personal and societal mood swings. Covid first stirred, then vigorously shook our lives and although the news is better, we are still in a state of uncertainty. Thus, getting back to the art of living can still …
Many years ago I read a blog by Martha Beck that highlighted how as we hurry through this labyrinth we call life, we often forget to be where we are. She talked about how we choose to look forward to where we are going or behind to see where we have been. Yet, life is neither …
I cried the first time I heard the first pancake theory. I was pregnant when a friend’s mom jokingly said “The first pancake is always spoiled.” I can’t say for certain that the crying jag that ensued was hormonal but looking back I realize that my reaction was probably a bit overwrought.
By the time the doctor in a small town in northern Thailand diagnosed my 11-year-old daughter with Typhoid, we had been on the road for 234 days, fallen asleep in 92 different beds, learned to say cheers in 24 different languages, and dealt with one other major illness. We had learned that strangers can become dear friends, that relics in the form of decaying body parts can make a boring church interesting, and that with the right attitude you can deal with most anything.