5 Minutes to a more Positive Year

  • On January 30, 2020
What is one small action I can take today to feel more joy in my life?   What is one tiny step I can take to move forward on my goals?   These are the two questions I ask myself every morning in 2020. The idea comes from a book I have started my year with, The Joy of Appreciative Living by Jacqueline Kelm.  2019 was a rough year for me, lots
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Why Should the Kids Have All the Fun?

  • On August 29, 2019
Just because we’ve been out of school for years doesn’t mean we can’t revel in the spirit of anticipation and anxious hope that fills the weeks when the school bell rings again.    What was your favorite ritual to start the new school year?   A new backpack?   New shoes?   A new outfit?  Fresh new notebooks?    Just because we are #adulting doesn’t mean we can’t use some
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A Reckoning at the Slimy Rock

  • On August 22, 2019
I don’t think I can do it. It’s too high. The rock is too slippery. “Here, give me your arm, I’ll pull you up.” No, I’m too heavy. You’ll pull your shoulder out.  (…trying again for a foot hold on the slimy rock) I don’t think I can do this. (Sobbing) “Just give me your
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What Makes You Feel Alive?

  • On August 2, 2019
While on vacation in Maine last week, my husband and I took a hike on the coast trail in Acadia National Park from Otter Point to Sand Beach and back. The trail winds through the trees and over rocks, fairly easy but with its share of ups and downs, roots and rocks that beg for
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Does your work “Spark Joy”?

  • On April 25, 2019
A last-minute opportunity to nab a couple of the long sold out tickets to Kenny Chesney came up. While not a close follower of his music, I thought—it’s a beautiful spring night, at a venue I haven’t been to before, and I know I’ll be totally refreshed by fan energy.   Well, consider me a
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Who Wants to Shovel Snow? I Do! I Do!

  • On January 17, 2019
I had a great time shoveling snow this weekend! Bet that’s not what you expected me to say. I found it very calming and energizing. So much in our life is complex, unsolvable, unfinished. Shoveling snow; I could see immediate results. I knew when I was done (at least until the weather decided a few
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“Someday” is Today

  • On January 3, 2019
I was talking with a friend at the gym a few weeks ago. An energetic super-positive big-hearted guy. We were sharing intentions about what we wanted to focus on in the coming year. He mentioned his dream is to someday start an orphanage in his native country. He mused, “When I’m 40…” (quite a few
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Want More Happiness in Your Life? Make Your Own

  • On November 6, 2018
With mid-term elections upon us, are you as tired as I am about the overwhelming amount of anxiety, frustration, anger, disappointment, blame, fear (and fear-mongering), and hopelessness and desperation in our country? Whatever happens on Nov 6th, some part of our community will likely continue to feel that way. When I read about the idea
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Where Did Your Wings Take You?

  • On September 20, 2018
Jump, and you will find out how to unfold your wings as you fall. –Ray Bradbury, author   I don’t really think of myself as a ‘jump off the cliff’ type, more a ‘calculated risk’ taker. I prefer to travel off the beaten path, yet I can’t see myself hacking a new trail through unexplored
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