During my twenties, my life resembled a roller coaster ride with lots of highs and lows. I galloped through life at the speed of light bent on trying everything once and enjoying, even coveting and eventually becoming addicted to, the…
Last week, I blogged about the “sad game” played out in SWOT-based strategic planning, which often gets stuck focusing on the negative (threats and weaknesses). The loss of energy and imagination is directly correlated with attempts to reduce what we…
The purpose of life is to discover your gift. The meaning of life is to give your gift away. David Viscott The past week has been a time for letting go. My sweet Siamese cat, Coco, went off her food,…
With yoga becoming a mainstream wellness practice, I suspect most people today recognize we store or hold unresolved stress and trauma in our bodies as tension. If this tension is not relieved, by that I mean expressed and healed, it…
Who knew I would spend three weeks blogging about success. It seems like everyone, including me, has an opinion about what defines success. Two weeks back, I blogged about whether it is epitomized in a good or a goods life.…
Successful people don’t do it alone. Where they come from matters. […] They are products of history and community, of opportunity and legacy. Malcolm Gladwell Last week my blog considered personal success from the perspective of living a ‘good life’…
After a relaxing and reflective two-week break from blogging and writing, I am back to my weekly routines and rituals. For me, December and January are a time for review and recommitment. As I ponder what is most important to…
It is safe to say, for each of us, our journey through life began with observation and uncertainty and not a great deal of self-awareness. With the addition of life experiences such as consequences emerging from personal choices, we may…
As a feminist who has disallowed inequity to rule her life and a concerned citizen who understands the value of diversity, it is difficult to not become cynical when I read the preponderance of research claiming North America is far…
A recent CNN news bulletin reported positive trends in the following U.S. social wellness measures — • high school dropout rates • college enrollment • juvenile crime • drunken driving • traffic deaths • infant mortality • life expectancy • per…
In the past 50 years, humans generated more knowledge than in all their existence on this planet. No wonder the world feels confusing and even overwhelming at times. New combinations of technology, competition, and communications are causing fundamental change in venerable…
Recently, surrounded by several conversations each regarding personal boundaries, the same essential question arose — what boundaries define an enlightened relationship versus an entangled one? Although the question appears relatively straight forward, what is confusing is that each of us,…
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