How are you thinking of this holiday season? Is it better, worse or the same? As many of you know, I’m focused and intent on making this year special regardless of circumstance. What I’ve determined is I need to be different with regard to what our traditions mean. It can’t and won’t look the same for our family. That is not… View Article
It’s amazing to recognize stress leaving your body. When it’s visceral, and when shared with others it’s as if there’s a collective sense of relief, as if you’ve been waiting to exhale. Following an experience like this, there is space. Space to create, realign, envision the future and heal. 2020 has been a challenging year to say the least. … View Article
Think about it. As our world has evolved, we have to be better in new ways. Working in a more delivery-based world, what I’ve found is service and follow through are at the top of my list. One of my favorite places to purchase clothing recently sent my purchase to an old address…twice. I’ve ordered from them and fixed my address… View Article
Do you ever have sleepless nights? Me too, only not all of them are bad. I awoke early one day last week and decided I should arise rather than try to return to sleep, it just wasn’t working. I wasn’t terribly restless, just done sleeping. It happens that way when you get the right amounts of what you need,… View Article
Appreciation. Many of us forget to express it often enough. For some, it’s a first-class love language, for others it’s the difference in mood for the day. How often do you think of how much you appreciate a gesture, an effort, a kind thought or act and you don’t say something in the moment, you keep it to… View Article
Sometimes, the right question finds you at the right time. As I was reading through some of my journal notes, I found myself learning and re-learning some magnificent lessons. When you’re up early and you have this divine space and time where no one needs you, the day hasn’t begun for the world, and there is… View Article
Don’t open your mouth in a state of anxiety. Seems simple, right? Well, not for some of us. When I’ve done this, it’s only misfired 100% of the time. How about you? Learning to hit a pause button in my mind before my mouth automatically takes off is a practice I’m working on. I need to be better. This year… View Article
Goals. They’ve seemed more challenging to envision this year, haven’t they? When uncertainty prevails, we default to paralysis. We wait, hoping for certainty, familiarity and what we “knew” to be true. Funny thing is, it wasn’t true, it was predictable. Truth be told, predictability will fail you. When any of us gets too comfortable, we settle. Settling leads to… View Article
45%. I’m close to halfway and haven’t missed a day, and that is a celebration for me – I’m feeling confident about reaching 1,000 daily blog posts. For those of you playing along, I check in every 50 posts to take a macro look and document what I’m learning in this process. I took Seth Godin’s challenge from this blog post: https://seths.blog/2018/10/the-first-1000-are-the-most-difficult/. 2020 has provided many opportunities to… View Article
When you pay attention, everything you need is right in front of you. As I went to cast my vote last week, we were standing in line on a chilly Minnesota day wishing we’d arrived even earlier to avoid the line outside in the cold wind. As we chatted with the people around us, a woman next… View Article
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