Sometimes life feels surreal. THIS is one of those times. Brendan Fitzgibbons, a comedian/writer from Comedy Central, Huffington Post and Full Frontal with Samantha Bee extended a guest invitation to be on his podcast called Spiritual Asshole. “Don’t be fooled by the name. It’s an extremely positive podcast intended to break down myths and barriers […]
Chasing Shawna No I am not challenging you to a race…. well at least not with me. I recently took a class examining the three stages of adult development and it left me both melancholy and clear eyed. Since then it has served as a touchstone when petty things on social media are especially annoying or […]
You wait until you are “ready”. You wait until you hear the first heartbeat. You wait until they are born. You wait for them to walk and talk and use the potty. You wait to see their face on Christmas morning and the first day of school. Then they grow up. And you wait for […]
Living with laughter. Where did you go? How I lost you, I just don’t know. I suspect amongst ” important” duties and daily stress, Timelines, tasks, forever pressed. Day after day, whizzing quickly by. No time to think, or question why. We must, just must, get everything done, To waken tomorrow before the sun. Hit […]
It took a long time for my business friends to convince me a had a brand. Eventually though, I came to accept that it wasn’t a marketing/sales thing as much as it was defining who I am, what I offer, and where my passion lies in service. What are my obsessions ? Mindfulness, compassion (including […]
Large undertaking, I know, right? This blog, as do many of them, started with a life event. My husband and I are parenting the last of four boys as he approaches high school graduation. Each boy, having of course, a slightly different experience during this important time of passing. The earlier boys benefitted from our […]
I awoke one morning and whilst the fogginess still lingered in my head, I stretched and turned on to my side, to find a tiger in my bed. With blinking eyes and beating heart, I tried to slowly back away, But he quickly followed, and appeared intent, with me to closely stay. He growled and […]
Imagine for one minute you are a small business owner, the self employed, or furloughed and you have been 6 weeks without income. You have a mortgage, a car payment, utilities, and most of all a family that needs food. Yes food. You lie awake at night terrified that you will not survive this crisis […]
Yes it is Maine. Yes it is April 2nd and it is cold, windy and raining. Yes I ran outdoors and did not encounter a single soul. After my warm shower the headache has faded, but its benefits will linger. Why would you want to choose to go outside today and embrace an ice cream […]
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We have all had this experience. The addiction, the pull of using social media and when you lift your head up you feel disconnected, blah and empty. I am writing to tell you this is not a character fault, but the natural function of your brain and the chemicals it produces. To begin, it is […]
Sometimes life feels surreal. THIS is one of those times. Brendan Fitzgibbons, a comedian/writer from Comedy Central, Huffington Post and Full Frontal with Samantha Bee extended a guest invitation to be on his podcast called Spiritual Asshole. “Don’t be fooled by the name. It’s an extremely positive podcast intended to break down myths and barriers […]
You wait until you are “ready”. You wait until you hear the first heartbeat. You wait until they are born. You wait for them to walk and talk and use the potty. You wait to see their face on Christmas morning and the first day of school. Then they grow up. And you wait for […]
Living with laughter. Where did you go? How I lost you, I just don’t know. I suspect amongst ” important” duties and daily stress, Timelines, tasks, forever pressed. Day after day, whizzing quickly by. No time to think, or question why. We must, just must, get everything done, To waken tomorrow before the sun. Hit […]
It took a long time for my business friends to convince me a had a brand. Eventually though, I came to accept that it wasn’t a marketing/sales thing as much as it was defining who I am, what I offer, and where my passion lies in service. What are my obsessions ? Mindfulness, compassion (including […]
Large undertaking, I know, right? This blog, as do many of them, started with a life event. My husband and I are parenting the last of four boys as he approaches high school graduation. Each boy, having of course, a slightly different experience during this important time of passing. The earlier boys benefitted from our […]