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When Things Don’t Turn Out the Way You Expect Them To

Posted by on Oct 21, 2015 in awareness, coaching, high and low, mindsets, regret | 7 comments

I remember the first time I offered a free tele-seminar call, where I announced a new online Master Coaching program. My vision was clear and powerful: people would listen to the call, get as excited about the content as I am, feel incredibly inspired and deliriously motivated and the class would fill within the first week. But that didn’t happen....

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Sitting In Stillness Opens a Heart

Posted by on Jan 15, 2014 in awareness, breath, meditation, overwhelm, present moment, relieving stress, self-care | 5 comments

Life is funny sometimes. We tend to avoid what we need and want the most. And then circumstances happen and we are suddenly faced with exactly what we weren’t able to give to ourselves. Leaning into it, accepting it, can be a challenge. But when we are able to be grateful for the experience, magic can happen. Several weeks ago I tweaked my back...

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How Not to Live in the Past

Posted by on Aug 28, 2013 in exercise, mindsets, paying attention, personal growth, present moment, regret, Uncategorized | 1 comment

  Marika and Mabel went back to Arizona yesterday. It was great to spend so much time together and sad to see them go. Sure, we had some moments of tension and disagreements, but, after all these years, we’ve found ways to talk or not talk our way through them. Sometimes there is even compassion and understanding as we work through the friction....

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Our Real Work

Posted by on Jan 16, 2013 in giving | 0 comments

  So often we hear people asking, What is my real purpose? What is my true work? Sometimes our most important work has nothing to do with a paycheck. Back in November, a client scheduled a four week Mac training series to begin in early January. She emailed me the day before our first session, saying that she was just so overwhelmed and felt terrible,...

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Sex and Funerals–What’s the Difference?

Posted by on Jun 27, 2012 in death, decisions, funerals, gratitude, sex, spirituality | 9 comments

I wrote this in 2010, shortly after my mom passed away. Today, on the two year anniversary of her death, the message is just as important.   It’s been an emotional couple of weeks since my mom passed on June 27. My family flew to Philadelphia for the funeral and my father asked me to handle all of the arrangements. While it was a daunting job to...

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