For decades, my life occurred in the 10 minutes of the day that existed between everyone else’s schedule, agenda, needs and demand. I lamented that I didn’t really have a life- I was so caught up in making sure everyone else’s life was meeting their own expectations, and to do this I put everyone’s needs first and mine were a very, very distant last. You’d need the Hubble Telescope to even see them lagging behind.
Read MoreIn the journey of every woman, there comes a time when she feels stuck. It’s inertia couple with fear. A sense that you’ll be stuck in place, experiencing the same feelings over and over again, and you can’t see an escape route. You’re immobilized, a bit panicky, and just want it all to go away.
Read MoreIt’s been 10 months.
That’s a long time.
I miss warm hugs, not having to worry if my mask is with me, and meeting friends for coffee – where I want and when I want.
I’m tired of hearing the fear in my mom’s voice, sitting in my home office chair for hours on end, and talking about the virus.
I’m sick of the frigging pandemic. But I’m not going to let it steal from me. I’m not going to let it define my any piece of my life. Yes- I want it done and gone, but I know it will leave an imprint.
Here’s my list of things COVID-19 can’t steal away from me.
Read MoreAs I settle in to meditate, a thought gift floated in. I call them thought gifts, because I know I can’t think this stuff up, so it has to come from the Divine. A tree meditation. What an incredible idea…now how the heck to I do that?
Read MoreNo one likes to think of themselves as a grown up, we all still want to be that little girl, who found solace and love with her blanket. But we do grow up and the world around us is still uncertain and a bit un-nerving.
Read MoreThat’s the thing about change, you can say I’m going to do this- tackle it all at once. But the truth is that if you hit it with a bomb, you don’t get to experience the journey and the lessons waiting for you. You miss out on the excavation, the discovery, and the joy of progress.
Read MoreNothing makes your own heart weep, then hearing someone you love struggling.
You want to swoop in, snatch them up and wrap them up in bubble wrap until the storm has passed. But you can’t. All you can do is hold the space and allow them to feel, grow, and hopefully emerge stronger in the knowledge that they can do it.
As much as I relish being petulant and wallowing in a bad mood (there’s a bit of power there fueled by the negativity). I also know staying too long in the land of Oscar the Grouch can do some serious damage to my relationships, my self esteem, and my outlook.
I’ve discovered 5 way to bust a bad mood and return to the land of sunshine and light, or at least the place where a few rays can break through the gloom and light the path out.
Read MoreTunnel vision had taken over and lately I’ve lost a piece of myself in the process.
Have you ever had that happen? Where you become so focused on a goal or project, that you forget what it’s like to just live, and god forbid…play a little?
Read MoreWhen did being okay become synonymous with bad?
Being okay is actually a relief. In a world that has been turned upside down and inside out, being on an even keel is a blessing. It takes a lot of energy to sustain prolonged negativity or positivity. And what I’m feeling now is like a period of rest.
Read MoreThe funny thing about triggers is that we never know when one might set us off, but we certainly know when we’ve been triggered. There’s a frustration and helplessness as a more basic instinctual response rises up. And we’re left reeling from a flood of lower emotions that leave us feeling disoriented, ashamed, and extremely vulnerable.
A trigger is the Universe’s way of telling us we have an unhealed story.
Read MoreThere are times when we simply feel adrift, the unknown so overwhelming that we seek the familiar, people and things that makes us feel safe, secure and supported. Just by their presence, we once again feel anchored and rooted.
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