One of my favorite tools I use with coaching clients is re-framing. I ask them to consider a thought, idea, problem, word, from a different perspective. When we get locked into a single way of looking at something, we aren’t open to what else it might be. I’ve been practicing this a lot lately, as my moving plans keep changing and...
Read MoreMaking Your Wishes Known
On my birthday back in March, I was thrilled to start my day with my Rhythm of Being movement classmates. Before class, I stood in the doorway of another classroom, listening to the senior men of the Phoenix Men’s Choir rehearsing. I so wanted to ask them to sing Happy Birthday to me. But they were deep in the practicing of E flats and A’s, and...
Read MoreWithin a Quarter Mile
I’m participating in Patti Digh’s online writing class, VERBTRIBE:MASTER CLASS. Since February 1 when the first class began, I’ve been writing every day. Not a novel or short stories. Just writing. Every day. Patti gives us prompts, and then more prompts that take us deeper. We only have two days to write and polish and post a piece. This...
Read MoreRemember the Magic Eight Ball?
One of my favorite toys as a kid was the Magic Eight Ball. It was a black plastic ball that looked like an eight ball pool cue. You asked it a YES or NO question, gave it a good shake while you concentrated on the question and magically, an answer appeared in the glass window on the bottom. Sometimes the answer was Yes, Definitely. Sometimes it said My...
Read MoreHow to Shine Your Light
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we’re powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, ‘Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?’ Actually, who are you NOT to be? Your playing small does not serve the world. There is...
Read More