Checking in without Checking out
This may come as a surprise to some of you but I’m not much of a goal-setter in the traditional sense of the word. I am much less of a five-year plan, color-coded spreadsheet, every to-do written down gal and much more of a let’s make a vision board or journal on a worksheet gal. […]
The Gathering – and creative possibility.
During my last year of college, I was fortunate enough to meet a red-headed spit fire of a friend named Meranda. She was from the rough and tumble town of Elko, Nevada, and she introduced me to one of the loves of my life: Cowboy Poetry. More specifically, to The Annual Cowboy Poetry Gathering that […]
Contemplative Practice.
Like I mentioned in the previous post, my voice disappeared last week. It’s back now, mostly, but having absolutely no voice for almost 10 days gave me a lot of time for silence. Ironically – or not – and as uncomfortable as it is, silence is sometimes exactly what my personality needs. It’s the contemplative […]
Whispering makes it worse.
I woke up Monday with a scratchy throat. Not a great development for me on a coaching day, but I told myself “I feel fine. I FEEL FINE, dang it!”- like I usually do when I need to power through something. SO, I powered through my morning clients just fine. But by the afternoon, I […]
Precarious pumpkins – and managing our overwhelm.
Precarious Pumpkins and managing our overwhelm. I drove behind a pick-up truck on the freeway today that had its bed CHOCK FULL of pumpkins. Like really, really full. Those pumpkins were not tied down or secured and I found myself wanting to pass quickly by. One bump would have sent one – or many […]
Korean Stairs – and embracing your ‘uneven.’
My sister-in-law, who spent time in Korea during the 1990s doing church service, recently told me something fascinating about how traditional Korean stairs were built. Apparently, construction focused more on function and adaptability than precision. Builders had to work with local materials and uneven ground, often without using standardized tools or measurements. As a result, […]
Rim to Rim and a big ‘ole belief.
A great big group of my greatest bestest friends are doing something Great and Big next week: they will take lots of water, layers of clothing, trekking poles, and nutritious snacks and hike the Grand Canyon – a strenuous 20 miles from Rim to Rim. I have 0% desire to take on this particular […]
Aunt Judi and being bold.
Dictionary.com defines the word BOLD this way: My Aunt Judi embodied the word bold. She was the kind of person you noticed right away. She had a personality that filled the room, a big, colorful energy that was impossible to ignore. In a world where people often hold back or second-guess themselves, she stood out because she […]
Hummingbirds and 4 dimensions of energy.
A few mornings ago, I was taking the garbage out. I went outside through our garage and when I turned to go back inside, I noticed a bird – or what I thought was a bird – swiftly flying around the ceiling area of the garage. I quickly realized the creature was a hummingbird. We […]
Harmonizing your primary chord
I’ve had a lot of conversations lately about work/life balance. People trying to find it, replicate it, master it, sacrifice for it, beat it into submission. One dictionary defines balance as: “A condition in which different elements are equal or in the correct proportions.” It’s the ‘correct proportions’ part that can trip us up. Mary […]
