Living More Authentically
It’s happened a few times now. I’m teaching a class, or sitting in a circle with women at an event, and someone raises their hand to participate in the discussion. She says, “I just have so many interests. I’m excited by so many different things. I try to do too much. I end up juggling [...]
I always feel so honored when other bloggers host me for interviews at their sites. Their warmth and thoughtful questions always bring out something new in me. This week, I was privileged to be part of three such conversations. At Joy Holland’s blog, we talk about “gentle power,” how I created 10 Rules [...]
“You know, they straightened out the Mississippi River in places, to make room for hourse and livable acreage. Occasionally the river floods these places. “Floods” is the word they use, but in fact it is not flooding; it [...]
There are a lot of ideas out there about how to approach planning for the new year. Pick a word for the year, or a theme. Set goals. Do a vision board. But if you were to ask me, “What one thing could I do to set myself up for a joyful, vibrant, fulfilling [...]
My old career was lovely and interesting, but I was in it because I was being more loyal to my fears than to my dreams. (I know. Ouch. It felt like an ouch when I first said those words to myself too.) Whenever I am telling this story and I say, “I was [...]
As a civilization, we are coming out of centuries of harnessing the earth’s resources for greater productivity and material wealth. Well, we did what we set out to do: in many ways, we are much more materially wealthy. Yet, that wealth has been concentrated in the hands of too few. And our way of growing [...]
Many of us think we are supposed to naturally experience happiness: as long as we aren’t in the midst of great tragedy or hardship, we should feel good. But that is not how it works. What happens naturally is that we receive a roadmap to those feelings–a totally unique, customized map–to our own joy. We [...]
Sometimes, I get notes from readers, and the notes say something like, “I loved today’s post, but I thought you might want to know, there are a few typos. Check out paragraphs three and five.” I appreciate this. Most of the time, I’ll head over to paragraphs three and five, and fix the mistakes. [...]
I love, and have always loved, reading poetry aloud. I thought I would try it here, so today I’m reading one of my recent poems, The Last Word. The audio is about two minutes. Enjoy a moment of slowing down with it in your day. If you are reading this post via email, [...]
This is a Q&A post. Well, really it is a S&R post (situation and response). I don’t like the term “question and answer” for anything related to the big matters of life because 1) there’s no expert on those matters and 2) there’s no one answer for those questions. What I share here feels more [...]
