How to find the flow
One thing about flow – when you’re in it, it just feels good. Life just moves easier. You feel creative, inspired, energized; good things swarm into your life and when the difficulties appear the right people and things literally flow in to help you move through them. Sometimes those feelings of flow may last only [...]
Why flow works better than force
I’m no longer a resolution setter. At least not in the traditional I-resolve-to-lose-32-pounds-by-next-weekend kind of way. These days, I pick an annual theme. And the theme for 2011 is Flow. I’m defining flow as: going with whatever comes my way – even if I’d rather micromanage and control every element including what my daughter wears [...]
Ask good questions, get a good life
Had a great time speaking to the MOMS Club of Beaverton South yesterday about Everyday Resilience. The members there asked some good questions. Questions that still have me thinking. Which reminded me of the work of Noah St. John who says, that the questions you ask influence the quality of your life. He describes how [...]
How To Attract the Love You Desire
Nearly 11 years ago, I pulled out a notebook and began writing down what I would want in the “perfect male.” I was looking for someone funny and fun. Smart and responsible. Someone about 5’9 who thought I was witty and smart and someone who was willing to travel and try new things. That’s what [...]
A Couple of Things About Music and Goals
Here are a couple of bite-sized bits of info that may not change your life, but could make you cool at a cocktail party. Why Music Gives You Chills Inspiring or thrilling music can evoke many things in people – even the chills. Researchers looked at why music gives some people goose bumps and determined [...]
The Five Secrets of Success: Take action every day
Jack Canfield father of the Chicken Soup for the Soul and overall success guru calls it the Rule of Five. I think of it as living a life of inspired action. It’s all the same principle that says: By taking steps every day toward your purpose or goal, success is unavoidable. When you take consistent [...]
Make Your Emotions Allies
If you’ve ever seen a toddler’s tantrum (or even one of a woman, as in Me, who has just been told she was over-reacting; “I’ll show you over-reacting!”) you know the power of emotions. They have the potential to fire us up and inspire us toward creative, loving, kind actions. They can be expansive. Or [...]
Change Your Mind, Change How You Feel About Your Body
Scars track my left leg where doctors cut melanoma from the skin. I’ve gained a little weight since college and, well O.K., even since that football tailgate last month. I’ve added some wrinkles. Some gray hair. And this body can be stiff and sore with arthritis after sitting too long. Perhaps, I’m not the hottie [...]
Beauty is soul deep — Interview with author Rosie Molinary
A wise woman I know also happens to be a fabulous writer with a new book out that should at least stop and make us feel and think and connect more deeply with ourselves. But, if you’re ready, it can also do a few other little things like, ah well, empower you, inspire you, and [...]
The Good Part of Feeling Bad
I write a lot about what you can do to feel good. When we feel better, we do better and that kind of energy raises the level of life for all of us. Plus, I like those warm fuzzy, running-through-the-daisies kind of feelings that come love and happiness. Happiness, is, well, nice. But, instead of [...]
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