January 2017

  • Movie of You

    More from "Emotional Agility" by Susan David "Identifying Your Values" "The word "values" can have a scolding, Sunday-school connotation that's pretty unappealing.  It feels restrictive, or punishing, or, worse, judgmental. We hear a lot about having the "right" values (or… Continue reading

  • Emotionally Agile

    My first introduction to Susan David was here.  I know she is right and in my experience, emotional agility is the key to a life of peace, love and joy; which includes, heartache, sorrow and grief! I then went and… Continue reading

  • Matters More

    What are facts and how do they impact your world?  How many facts have you tossed out due to their content or perhaps that go against your ideals?  Are there more than one set of facts? Do we each get… Continue reading

  • Resides in reality!

    In listening to the different sides, opinions and views, it strikes me how it often seems impossible for the other side to see what you see; to be heard or understood.  It almost seems like we are experiencing life it… Continue reading

  • March on Being You!

    Today there are many marches, to decry inequality.   Today many will gather in solidarity and with diversity.  Marching for their rights within humanity. Marching against the ideals of many who neglect to see them in their perfection. Will the… Continue reading

  • Authentic Life

    As I broke trail today while snowshoeing, I thought of how easy it is to follow a path, to repeat what you did yesterday and how much harder it is to veer off and go a new way. Dogs intuitively… Continue reading

  • I love this question!

    "What is most important to you, is a good first question to start learning about who you are." Jonathon Fields Some may not even know what is important, for we are so busy just living a repeat day from the… Continue reading

  • Norm in my world.

    "Evil only prevails by making it the norm" Maria Popova Doesn't it seem insane that this could actually happen, that we can with our words and actions, literally make evil seem the norm. So many times, I have heard apathy… Continue reading

  • To Be

        I loved this conversation.   The tone and its ideas.   I too, knew it.  And I could really relate to this segment about the three responses when something is crumbling or broken.  And, agree about the crumbling of… Continue reading

  • Happy New You!

    I don't think you can expect Change from a year.  Yet, so many have 'hopes' that this new year will deliver better.  A year is just time passing. It is the blank space we reside in.  It doesn't have the… Continue reading