Good Morning, God! New ideas have been engulfing me these last few days . . . or maybe I am just OPEN to receiving them? So, in sort of random order — because we women don’t live on a 2D LINE — 1) my…
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New Every Morning
Good Morning, God! It’s winter here in Honolulu. I wore a jacket this morning. But the main change in Winter is the Darkness. Starting a walk in the dark is special. The planets are showing. The birds are waking up.…
A New Start for a New Year
Good Evening, God! New Year’s Eve . . . and I am smiling in anticipation of a New Year . . . yet another chance to molt and explore other options. Yes, of course, I do realize that I can make…
Perspective and Compassion
Give yourself, as best you can, what your parents would have loved to grant you but probably could not: full-hearted attention, full-minded awareness, and compassion. Make gifting yourself with these qualities your daily practice.
Saguaros and Stories — at the Golden Hour
Ah, we all have stories, God. And it is healing for us to tell them — to share them with folks who will laugh with us and not at us. But, Dr. Brene Brown cautions about only sharing our “Shame Stories” with people who have shown themselves worthy (trustworthy) of hearing them.
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Practicing the Art of Relabeling
Sigh. A cold dose of reality was splashed over me. It wasn’t that I didn’t “know” that — it was that I was choosing to ignore it. Hmm. That’s really easy to do, isn’t it, God. It’s so easy to see the shiny surface and forget all the work that has to go on beneath.
Organizing my Being — the Female Way
And I feel as if June is helping me Organize my Being — just as my Professional Organizer is helping me organize my home. Organize my Being? Yes, that is the phrase that popped into my mind and it feels right.
Christmas Gifts and Reframes
Suzy lovingly suggested that sometimes pain doesn’t come from bearing burdens but in releasing burdens.
Starting a New Day and a New Life
I come home and actually see: my office, our home, my varied piles of decisions still undecided. Yikes!
Quitting Our Old Way of Living?
This book is calling all of us to QUIT our old lives and start CHOOSING to LIVE NEW LIVES as FREE PEOPLE.
A Moment with God 