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Just read a terrific New York Times article about the effect heirlooms have on on our lives entitled “How to Lose a Legacy” by Ellen Lupton. Humorous, colorful, timely – this article [...]

“Respond to every call that excites your spirit” -Rumi You’ve probably seen my emails or notices about a contest I’ve entered. The opportunity to participate was announced [...]

I need a microscope to read some of the business cards I receive these days. It amazes me when I see the email address and phone numbers –  in the tiniest possible font – jammed into one of the [...]

Here’s what I’m wondering today: What helps you move from that place I call “Not-knowing”… to… Knowing…? You know… that crossroad-y place we find [...]

This is the last in a series of posts* on reinventing ourselves, excerpted from Your Spacious Self. Enjoy!   Quitting the career and job that defined me for two decades detailed in the last [...]

This post is the continuation of a series on reinventing ourselves. It follows this last one: “Making Friends with Not-Knowing.” **  Enjoy this excerpt from Your Spacious Self: Clear [...]

This is the continuation of my previous post: “Stepping Out of Comfort into Not-Knowing,”  which tells the story of how and why I quit a successful teaching career of twenty years – [...]

“There is a grief that occurs when who you thought you were begins to disappear.” – Ram Dass As I prepare to pitch my book and my message in a bigger way, I’m being reminded of [...]

Sleeping in… on a supremely cooshy bed, with soft sheets, and the perfect pillow. Sipping a fabulous cup of coffee in a sunny window seat from a mug that I cradle with both hands. Taking [...]

The blues went away when I began to honor my long-postponed dream/desire/obsession with going back to school to finish an interrupted bachelor’s degree. Thirty some years later I enrolled [...]