Small Shift, Big Changes…
Not that I don’t still feel driven and agitated at times, not that I no longer ever feel separate, not that I’m never critical, of myself or others, anymore…. it’s different though, at least a lot of the time. In subtle but noticeable ways. Late last year I had a dawning, a dropping, an insight. I...
Well Wishing
The New Year has begun… I find myself full of well wishes, for family, friends, for YOU! And for my circles and communities, the planet — its people and creatures — for my husband and, well yes, for me too :-). In the numerous thoughtful and warm Holiday and New Year e-mails that I received there was an offering from neuropsychologist, Dr. Rick Hanson, recommending...
Between the Years
While I was living in Germany, I learned the phrase, Between the Years (Zwischen den Jahren), and it has become one of my favorites for this time….the days between Christmas and the start of the new year. I try to keep them relatively unplanned. The Do List is skimpy or non-existent, the candles and greens are still around...
Separate Realities!
My women’s group meets tonight and we are discussing a short and eminently readable book called You Can Be Happy No Matter What: Five Principles for Keeping Life in Perspective. The author, Richard Carlson, is the fellow who brought us, “Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff…And It’s All Small Stuff” I highly recommend both books. While...
Myth Making and Personal Growth
Snap the Seahorse is a character in a children’s book I’m working on. I love seahorses, the sea, fantasy, challenges, stories of transformation. So when Jean Houston — that charismatic human-potential guide and mentor — suggested in her on-line course, Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose, (which I’m finding nourishing, healing, and passionately enlivening!), that we...
