What Memories Are You Making? Last weekend I enjoyed a morning walk on a beautiful Texas beach, listening to the mellow voice of JoDee Messina and I heard these words, “These are the days you will remember – for the rest of your life. These are the memories you’ll pack…
We’ve all heard the traditional version of this adage, “Practice Makes Perfect,” but I think this revision more closely resembles real life. I don’t know about you, but for me perfect is an elusive target. It’s like moving toward a destination, only once I get there I can see something…
The Equinox is Calling This week marked the Fall equinox, and in our northern hemisphere, the advent of autumn. I love the Spring and Fall equinoxes because they offer such a natural time to do a “balance check.” The cycles of nature so often beckon us to take stock of…
A Week of Remembering It has been a week of remembering. Yesterday Americans took a collective pause to remember where we were and how we learned of the attack on the Twin Towers in New York. Eleven years have passed and yet most of us can remember that day like…
Who’s Driving Your Bus? The feelings are almost palpable now: excitement, anticipation, anxiety, relief, stress, dread, resignation. No matter what your lot in life, chances are that you have some feelings about the start of the school year. Even those without children in school experience the changes. It’s hard to…
Creating a Gold Medal Life This week the world witnessed the opening ceremonies of the 2012 London Olympic Games and I was glad to be a part of it. There is something uniquely unifying and hopeful about watching the “best of the best” come together in peace on the world…
The Emotional Components of Anxiety Part Two of “A Holistic Approach to Overcoming Anxiety” looked at the mental aspects of anxiety, including the thinking patterns associated with anxiety and the power of our mind to help reshape our experience. Today we will explore how our emotional world is connected to…
There are many ways to think about freedom. Freedom to move, act, think, speak, feel, choose, believe and “be” as we wish. Like many gifts, we often think more about freedom when it is missing than when we have it. And when freedom is lacking in any area of life,…
Creating the Future in the Present is the Power of Choice Like many of you, my family is in the midst of graduation celebration – for my niece, Nicole. Such milestones are a time of reflection: of those cherub cheeks we loved to pinch; the loving ways that stole our…
How Do You Spell Relief? Some of you reading this may remember the antacid commercials that posed the question “How do you spell relief?”, with the answer being R-O-L-A-I-D-S. Rolaids of course! We all seek relief from various things in life, but among the most common is the experience of…