I find myself at the end of the summer wondering what happened to summer. Luckily here in the Midwest of the United States, summer is still here in the form of warm weather. There are no complaints from me- last winter’s cold is still buried in my core, any scene with...

Last Friday I ran my first 5K since October of last year.  I ran it on a treadmill in my basement listening to my Ipod.  It felt great!   As I was running I was thinking about all that has changed over the course of the last few years and how much of it is a direct...

As I took stock of 2013 I was surprised at how much I accomplished, how many barriers I overcame, and how transformation and development continued as a part of my life.  I learned for real this one thing – transformation never ends – we are never finished, always on...

Do you ever get the feeling?  You know the one.  “I’m so tired, I don’t want to, why am I doing this, there is too much to do and not enough time to do it.”  Then a sort of panic sets in as you realize just how much you have to do and sometimes self doubt sets in,...

Yes it is the end of August- I vow to be better about posting- in fact, I am planning on producing a weekly post sharing my adventures of travel and the many wonderful people I meet. For example, a few months ago, I flew to Boston for a training session and the...

  This year I planted lettuce in the first week of April like you’re supposed to. Lettuce needs cool soil and does not tolerate the heat too well, especially in the beginning of its germination. The ground was still cold, there was still the risk of frost, and the...

I often think about what I am going to write in this post, weeks before I actually write it.  I find inspiration all around me and like to connect to the world when I finally put paper to pen.  Sometimes though, something happens that changes even the most well...

What do you think when you read those words?  I can feel the flutter in the pit of my stomach though I’m not sure if that’s nausea because the term gets so overused these days or if it’s because I shudder at the thought of getting too comfortable these days.  They’re...

What a difference a year makes!  I want to start this post by saying I apologize for the long absence.  To say I’ve been busy would be only a half truth.  Yes I have been busy and it’s been as much about being busy as it has been about change.  This has been a year of...

Like many people, I have a morning routine that prepares me for my day.  I take some of the same steps everyday with one of those steps involving coffee.  Imagine one morning when my routine was rumpled because we were out of milk. Milk in coffee is essential for me,...

I once read a quote by Kathryn Hepburn regarding love that went something like this: “Love is when you care more for the happiness of the other person than you do for your own.”  She spent her life loving a man, Spencer Tracy, who was married and could not be with her...

Happy New Year everyone!  I’ve started writing this post about 5 different times before the words I wanted to say actually came to me.  This is such a great time of the year as things feel fresh and the whole year is laid out before us as a sea of possibility.  I...