A couple of weeks ago I got to see His Holiness the Dalai Lama speak at a local college. He wore his traditional maroon and gold robes, along with a bright purple visor from the college to shield his eyes from the harsh stage lighting. He was funny, mostly because he laughs at himself. He [...]
Ever met someone who only talks only about herself and always finds a way to bring the story back to her; never once asking about you? Or the type that is always whining and complaining about the dramas in his life? After a conversation like this chances are you feel drained, wiped out and empty. [...]
Ever shared an exciting moment with someone who was hyper-critical and negative about your good news? Or, met someone who was friendly, sure, but never once asked about you? Ever talked to someone who went on and on about their own troubles? Could be you were in the presence of a human energy drain. Dr. [...]
Four years ago, I stood at the kitchen sink complaining about my job. The assignments I’d taken weren’t all that interesting to me. They were then, just a way to pay the bills. I was grateful for that sure, but I was tired too of working so hard to complete the uninspiring work done during [...]
I love the smell of that first cup of morning coffee when I pull the mug up to my lips for the first sip. I like too, the feel of the old leather bound journal I’m using. It inspires me every time I pick it up. And, when I see the smallest of the small [...]
Bad habits. We’ve all got’em. Things that keep us from our best selves, sabotage our success, or just keep us lazing on the couch when we could be doing something more interesting and fun. Teacher and author Judith Wright calls them Soft Addictions. Psychotherapist Terry Real labels them as misery stabilizers. For me, these are the little [...]
As soon as I start talking about creativity, people get a little freaked. “I’m not artistic,” they say. “I can’t even draw a straight line.” But you don’t have to be the next Georgia O’Keeffe (have you seen my Pictionary drawings?) to have fun, to be creative, to broaden your life. I’m talking about tapping into your [...]
My daughter has this ongoing project where she takes trash, bottle caps and bubble wrap, pencil shavings, scraps of ribbon, and tin foil, packing peanuts and popcorn kernels and just about anything else she can find to create a world on a flat of cardboard. With a glue gun, singular pockets of an egg carton [...]
Last week I was watching my kids compete over who could make their ice cream cone last the longest. As adults we would usually find ourselves gobbling down that ice cream as fast as possible between work, school, gym, carpools, and countless errands. Well grownups, we are missing out. Not only are we missing out [...]
“Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense.” Ralph Waldo Emerson Seriously. Today, drop your nonsense at the door. Get rid of the beliefs that are making you less than. Adopt those that are helpful and encouraging. [...]
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