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When Your Groove Has Become A Rut
Posted on December 14, 2016 Leave a Comment
Here’s a story that I had been operating under a couple of years ago: Well-held values + Hard-won success = Living the dream Living the Dream = Lifelong happiness and fulfillment When the solid earth of my dream job had over time crumbled out from under my feet, I had a bit of a personal […]
Stop “Should-ing” On Yourself
Posted on December 7, 2016 2 Comments
I love this time of year. From Thanksgiving through the New Year, it’s a constant sense of anticipation, hopefulness, and connection. And it can also bring self-imposed expectation, striving, and sneaky idealistic perfection. Dangit. You might recognize some of the symptoms, yourself: As long as I’m hosting dinner, I should include everyone–making it 60 instead […]
Guiding Others Toward Joy
Posted on November 30, 2016 Leave a Comment
“You inspire people to be happy, you don’t lecture people to be happy.” –Doreen Virtue I have a loved one who is working through an issue with a friend. I was pretty proud of myself for keeping out of it, but apparently I went past my internal time limit of restraint because I finally asked […]
Thank You, Officer
Posted on November 23, 2016 Leave a Comment
It was the middle of the week, the middle of the afternoon, in the middle of nowhere. I was driving home happy from teaching a workshop in which the participants had been receptive and were rejuvenated. My much-anticipated local community education class was at the end of my two and a half hour drive. […]
Follow Your Joy
Posted on November 16, 2016 3 Comments
I recently ran across a quote that I kept during a very difficult time. Over ten years ago I was a single mom raising two young boys, working full time while going back to school. It was hard. But it was right. It was my Truth, so I knew that I could get through it. […]