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  Tips 1 – 4 December is upon us! As wonderful and magical as the holidays are, they can also be filled with stress, anxiety, exhaustion and just are sometimes “too much”.  What we truly need is a balance and ideas on how to keep the magic and joy at this time of year. Here […]

As the remnants of Hurricane Nicole swept up the coast, the morning turned clear and bright. Only the ocean still showed the strength of the storm in the waves. The wind seemed to push the water into great wings and swells as it shot into the air. Nothing outside would stop this energy – it […]

Originally posted 5/7/2013 How many times have you prepared a fight in your mind: anticipating that a clerk will give you a hard time, or someone is going to take your place in line or cut you off in traffic, and you are going to be so ready to tell her off? You invest your mental and emotional […]

Last week I was asked to be a guest on a podcast with Greg Sheldon, host of The Slow Down to Go Fast Podcast – Conversations with Ordinary to Extraordinary People *. I have started to do several podcasts and am getting a bit more comfortable but there still is that little voice asking myself […]

Being Curious and Unexpected Gifts   On a recent trip to the wonderful city of Amsterdam, I had arrived a few days early to enjoy the city on my own and adjust to the six-hour time change. I learned from past travels I just don’t do well flying overnight with that time zone difference and […]

How Do You Find Your Best Self?   It is quite a dreary day outside – we are on day 4 of the remnants of Hurricane Ian. The storm has stalled and is dumping many inches of rain, with an incessant wind swirling around, and a constant heavy, dark gray sky. I know we are […]

August 26, 2022 One of the most precious rights that we have is the right to vote.  Did you know that up until 1920, when the 19th Amendment was ratified, voting was denied to half of the population – women?  In the early 19th century women could not even own property.   But on this […]

I had a wonderful phone call with a dear friend a few weeks back. We don’t get to talk very often but when we do, we both are smiling, listening, and connecting in a way that is so real and truly nourishing for us both. We share in a totally honest way – where we […]

On an early beach walk the other morning I let myself stop and gaze across to the horizon.  There were big swells and smaller waves in between.  Standing there I thought about how we can decide to run into the rough waters head on and ride them in (a bit scary for me, delightful for […]

  The North Star, Polaris, is a pretty special star because unlike all the other stars in the sky, it is in the same location every night, and never wavers.  It has been guiding people for eons – it always points the same way – true north. It reminds me of our own North Star […]