This has been a week filled with celebration and surprises. This has been a year of tremendous changes and adventure. This has been a decade of finding my way to my one true love. This has been a half-century filled […]
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If These Walls Could Talk: An Open Letter to My Home of 22 Years
In my years as a counselor, I often used writing letters as a part of my clients’ therapeutic process. These were not letters where punctuation, spelling or proper use of “there, their and they’re” mattered. These letters written from pain, […]
Someone Turn That Noise Down!
I don’t like really loud noises. Of course, my former DJ husband after years of loud club speakers blaring in his ears, tends to like everything a bit louder than I prefer. He has decided that his hearing is fine […]
I’ll Have a Cup of Resilience to Go With My Pie!
If I ask you, “how’s life?” what would your answer be today, right now, in this moment? For 99.9% of you, even if the answer has a positive spin to it, there is a “but” or condition. I get it. […]
Coming Home…Because That’s Where It All Is!
“Hi, Mom. I’m coming home next weekend.” Ahhh. Music to a Mom’s ears. The notion of them “coming home” naturally brings a smile to my face. To my kids, “coming home” means feeling the comforts of sleeping in your childhood […]
Live an Extraordinary Life…What Does That REALLY Mean?
India Hicks has a mantra, “Live an extraordinary life.” I’m wearing my gold Indi “Extraordinary” token as I write this and it got me to thinking – what does being extraordinary really mean as the SHE-version of humankind? Does being […]
The Evolution of ME… well, so far!
As you read this post, ask yourself, “Am I the same ‘me’ that I was 20 years ago? 10 years ago? Even 5 years ago?” I know all of my 40+ friends just chuckled and said, “maybe minus a few […]
“Never Look Back…” – Myth or Truth?
I was in yoga this past week and in one of my classes, our instructor was talking about a particular posture (Warrior I, for my fellow yogis) and she stated, “the leg in front of you represents your future; while […]