The other night my kids were watching the movie, A Christmas Carol. They turned it off half way through because my youngest daughter didn’t understand it and lost interest. Later she asked me about it and I began to tell her the story. As I was telling her the...
Sinking into the Divine as my cup runneth over This year I am feeling a particularly keen sense of gratitude. Gratitude that I made it through this year with my spirit intact; gratitude that my children are healthy and doing well in school; gratitude that my husband...
This is a reprint of last October 2010 though the first time posted here. I went to Chicago on Sunday to cheer for the Marathon runners in this Year’s Chicago Marathon. 45,000 people signed up to run, a little more than 38,000 made it to the starting line and...
You have Time Life is a marathon, not a sprint. I have been saying that phrase in my head over and over the past few months, probably because I was in training for a Half-marathon and seriously considering a full one next year. It is only fitting that my mindset is...
September 7, 2011 Right now I’m sitting at my dining room table enjoying a beautiful fall-like day. The sun is shining bright in the sky; the sky is a robin egg blue, and the breeze is whistling through the trees. I feel a deep sense of gratitude for this glorious...
A few weekends ago, I went camping with my husband, kids, and my mom. Actually, we were invited by my mom to go with her to the El-Roy Sparta bike trail in Wisconsin. We spent 4 glorious days unplugged with no internet or cell phone access. Each day started with a...
When A Storm Blows In Last week a storm came barreling through my town taking many trees and branches down as mother nature unleashed her fury on us unsuspecting folks. It wasn’t predicted to be as bad as it ended up being and though it lasted for only 20 to 30...
Many years ago in a workshop I was facilitating, a participant shared a metaphor that resonated for the whole group. The metaphor was of the ocean floor during a hurricane and how calm it is, even as the top of the ocean is wildly erratic and stormy. The participant...
As a coach, I frequently find myself in discussions about goal-setting, law of attraction, and other self-help topics that are designed to improve the quality of our lives. Being a coach, I slip easily into these conversations and often find myself in a place of...
For the past several weeks now I have felt a sense of wanting to complete things and I have even created daily intentions around completion. For me it means completing tasks, projects and to-do lists. I always have this feeling around this time of year as the school...
