As I help others navigate through transitions and choices and as I navigate through my own, some of the questions I hear myself asking over and over are about defining or identifying the downsides– So often, we have a longing and are pulled to do something– start a website, write a book, learn something, take… Read More
This amazing quote came to me today, from a visit to the Road Less Traveled, (quote attribution Unknown, I tried to look it up– if you know, leave it in the comments please!!) I found the artist! Kristen Jongen Oh my. Such resonance for me. I wrote this long ago on my other blog: “I came apart… Read More
New campfire post about avoidance! Please stop by! http://thatplacewego.blogspot.com/2012/03/dance.html Share This:
Campfire begins tomorrow night! (I am so excited!) This one is all about gently addressing our unfinished projects. Please come by. Let’s move our projects forward, surfing the wave of shared intention! Share This:
In my self-coaching sessions, I came to the peaceful and gentle realization that change does not need to be abrupt, disruptive, fast, or driven by crisis or panic. It does not need to be revolution in the sense of storming the capital or fire bombs or even sit-ins or shut downs. Small changes can accrue,… Read More
I swear today was metaphoric. My computer crashed, and it has been crashing more often. It is a mac, so this whole thing is weird and unexpected. So I backed it up on a new external drive, and set about defragging the hard drive. As I watched the perhaps completely BS graphical representation of the… Read More
Most of us carry self stories, and most of the stories, I’ve found, are inherently limiting in nature. We rarely have self stories about our expansiveness, our amazing gifts, our flexibility, our resilience, our capacity for wonder, our ability to connect, our immense love, or graciousness… Usually they are about roles, sometimes about capabilities, and… Read More
My dear friend Eric commented on my previous post: “… I would like you to talk more about fiction. The stories we tell about ourselves play a huge role in determining the courses of our lives whether you regard the stories as fiction or not. I’ve been having conversations about this topic within my family. Some… Read More
ground fog by marsh in winter Not loving it. But something has kept me from painting over it. Sometimes when I am creating, I go too far, keep poking it, keep messing with it, and end up messing it up and losing whatever was special. In painting, I often wish I had stopped a few… Read More
I’m not proud of it, but I confess, I tend toward all or nothing thinking. So this year, I am trying very hard to focus on the middle way– at least, I am trying to even REMEMBER that there IS a such a thing as a middle way. If I am so lucky as to… Read More
