Well hey there! I hope you’re doing well. As a coach, I work with clients to pursue and attract. It’s the push/pull, yin yang of forward motion. As you may know, I’ve written a couple books. My first were traditionally published cookbooks, You Can Trust A Skinny Cook and Lighten Up, America! A few years ago I self-published …
I’m writing a new book; would you like to be in it? Read More »
Well here we are. In the exact middle of winter. Bleh. Or yay, if you take advantage of this moment to snuggle in, rest, and repair, as Katherine May prescribes in her book Wintering. Many of us hit a bluesy patch right about now, and this year we’re enjoying a double whammy of seasonal affective …
“Odyssey” is a new phase of human development: did you take yours? Read More »
A toast to 2020! I am not “happy” to be done with this year. No “good riddance” coming from me. The challenges of the year gave us the gift of learning, if we choose to accept the gift. 2020 was a year of growth and change, complete with the pains that come with growth. This year …
Happy December to you! Around my town, holiday decorations were up before Thanksgiving; people couldn’t wait to illuminate with cheer. Understandable. And I have some coaching-style cheer for you. Here’s a cup of cerebral wassail: The world is getting significantly better, and I’ve got the data to prove it. These two books have shifted my …
The World Is Better Than You Think. Don’t Believe Me? Read On. Read More »
I’ve never been more grateful. For health, for masks, for coming change. I believe we’re on the downhill side of the pandemic, and that we’ll have a vaccine, a more functional leader in the United States, and more attention to schools and children’s educational needs in 2021. 2020 was a year of pain, misalignment, disagreement, …
Better Than Pumpkin Pie: Six Tools For Thanksgiving Read More »
So here we are. We’re on the precipice of the most important US election of our lifetime, covid is peaking, school is in and out, and…winter is coming. What tools do you use in this moment, while you’re in an increasingly hypervigilant, anxious state? Cocktails! Exercise and yoga, gratitude and spiritual exercises. Get out the …
I have a new office with west facing windows. It doesn’t get direct sun until around 10AM and y’all know I’m up and ready to go at the crackers of dawn. And sitting in a dark space while the sun is rising doesn’t work for me. So I’ve taken to sitting outside my building in …
August is typically the lazy time. Here it’s hot and humid. We are languid. We lay about, sweet stonefruit juice dripping down our chins. Dogs pant nearby, we chill in the humidity. And the cool breeze comes, we catch a leaf turning on the tree — evidence that the new season is coming. I love yielding …
When I was a teenager, observing how one develops feelings of love (and watching Sixteen Candles, Footloose and St Elmo’s Fire for guidance) I was pretty sure that love happened. It was a switch that flipped, a rush; see this adorable one minute animation for an example. Now, as I’m approaching 50, I see love …