Reflecting on the past year, preparing for the new
For many of us, as the year draws to a close, this is a time for reflection. If you are like me, you may be looking back at the past…
Opening to possibility
Do you ever wish you could do something, but it seems impossible? Or improbable. It may not fit in with the image you have of yourself, and your relationship to…
Eclipse
As you know, this week in the U.S. we experienced an amazing solar eclipse. It “overshadowed” everything so to speak! Most everyone’s attention was focused for a short while on…
Become more of who you truly are
In our culture, youth is often praised and aging is seen as a deficit. But as we get older, we gain access to a deeper kind of wisdom than we…
If you write it, it will come
Remember the movie “Field of Dreams”? In that film, Kevin Costner hears a voice telling him, “If you build it, they will come.” He builds a baseball diamond and, well,…
Personal Best
Years ago I saw a film called "Personal Best." It was about women training for the Olympics. In the end, they were unable to attend the Olympics because the U.S.…
Role Models
Mindfulness isn’t only about meditating every day, developing a sense of presence throughout the day, calming our mind and bodies, learning to focus, or realizing that we don’t have to…
Transformation
Does it ever seem that there are certain things you wish you could change but can’t? Certainly when we’ve been given a diagnosis of ADHD or another disorder, or when…
Making Habits into Goals
A new year has just begun and, if you are like me, you want to set fresh goals, or reach the goals you set last year. When we set a…
Resilience
We set goals and try to attain them. But sometimes, no matter how hard we try, it seems the universe has its own agenda for us. Maybe we don’t get…
