This past weekend I was at a 3-day workshop. We dressed up for the videos to be recorded the last day and I was wearing one of my favorite suits. As I walked in, the host commented, “you look like a million bucks.” My reaction surprised me. It wasn’t a “gee, thanks.”...
Living near the ocean, with 2 incoming rivers, I have many options for walking along the water. Watching the ebb and flow of the waves or sometimes the stillness of the water silently moving with the cycles of the moon. One particular walk takes me 1 ½ miles to the...
Why is it so hard to stand up for ourselves when we know doing so will make someone else uncomfortable? It’s sometimes easier to sit in our unease rather than feel the full emotions of a situation. But what’s the price of resignation? When you’re unhappy with a...
Growing up and living around alcoholics, I became a fixer. Doing everything within my power to make sure things worked. I bent over backwards in personal relationships. Work proved to be a never-ending opportunity to jump in and be the hero to save a failing project....
Today marks the third anniversary of my divorce being final. Today is a day of thoughtful reflection. Three years ago I was still in love with my husband, yet I had been so pulled into the chaos of his disease I had nothing left of myself. Pulled in so much...