Tag Archives: mindfulness
The Where, Who and What of Life
I connect with a great friend and mentor every couple of weeks. Our conversations never have a planned direction – instead, they just go to whatever is in the moment for both of us. I value this friendship and have seen it create powerful conversations about meaningful issues for both of us and inspire each … Continue reading
Slow Down and Enjoy The Ride
My dad (an amazing gardener) once said to me as we were building a walkway from the street to our front door, “No garden path or walkway should ever be a straight line. All paths should zig and zag, meander to the left, then the right.” He explained that the turns force us to slow down … Continue reading
Is Your Life Like a Messy Room?
You’ve seen the TV shows of hoarders and people with too much stuff. Or maybe you know of people whose houses are clutter magnets – stuff everywhere. It is hard to find a place to sit or even lean without needing to move things. Besides being a culture of “stuff,” our clutter is very telling … Continue reading
Overcommitted? Yeah, Me Too…
I think there needs to be a 12-Step program for those of us who chronically overcommit – for people like me who move through life from checklist to checklist, assessing our value by how much we get done – and the more the better. I had this realization as I was filling out another multi-page … Continue reading
Memories at the Speed of Life
has been a year since my oldest daughter was married. My youngest daughter is now a sophomore in college and my middle daughter (yes, three daughters) is in graduate school. Yesterday, so it seemed, I was changing diapers, attending father-daughter dances, playing school, riding bikes, driving to dance classes, spending hours at soccer games, going … Continue reading
