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Monday, October 15, 2012 at 9:16 AM ...remembering the times "back before"... before I’d published a book or hosted a blog under my ‘real’ name or become a whoop-de-doo “certified” life coach... back when I was an unvarnished rebel – a psychotherapist who was willing to blog – a spiritual person struggling with the church – a mom whose kids were driving her crazy... In the “back before,” I wrote.
Friday, October 12, 2012 at 8:24 PM Lock ‘n load. The times they are a changin’. Summer turns to fall. Silence turns to voice. Pounding turns to stillness. Always, we are changing. Today, I’m trying a new writing technique. I’ve set my timer, put on my sassy cowboy hat and loaded a little Don Henley on the iPod shuffle. Hmmm. Who knows what will transpire... and does it really matter?
Being, Meditation, NaNoWriMo, Writing, silence Monday, October 8, 2012 at 11:37 AM Why would you or I commit to doing anything we feel less than passionate about? Consider these words from Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi: “A person who is constantly worried about how others will perceive him/her, who is afraid of creating the wrong impression, or of doing something inappropriate, is also condemned to permanent exclusion from enjoyment.”
Monday, October 1, 2012 at 9:44 AM This past weekend I had the luxurious pleasure of participating in nearly 48 hours of retreat in the privacy of my own home. While facilitated by meditation practitioner, Susan Piver, we were invited to let go of all expectations, hold our minds toward ourselves, and allow the schedule to be our container.
Thursday, September 27, 2012 at 12:49 PM I simply adore new mothers. They are the perfect combination of serene and neurotic. One moment they are performing superhuman feats—pushing 9 lb. bundles of love through a canal normally the size of a Bic pen; operating on two hours of sleep or less while continuing to glow like a Madonna—and the next they are stressing out that they might not possess Consumer Reports’ Top 10 must own items to raise your baby if you don’t want them to end up destitute or married to an ax murderer. Like I said, the perfect combo of love-manifest and One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.
Children, Practice, compassion, self care