“The overwhelm is suffocating.” She crumbled as the words poured out. She listed the competing priorities, the stagnant ideas, the completeness that alluded her… …to the point that she couldn’t …
Preparing for the year ahead
In ski-towns, where the bounty of tourism revenue comes in winter or summer, there is something called “shoulder season”*. Many colleges have a ‘J-term’, which is a condensed academic term …
And then…
And then, she saw it. Life’s chunks and choices were not to be added step-by-step in a single line of linear progress. Rather, it was not a path but a …
Questions of the Year
What are you tolerating? What would you do if you were not afraid? What is that costing you? What is the most compassionate thing you could say to yourself right …
On “checking it off”
What mighty moonshot might take flight if lifted by the energy contained in a checkmark strikethrough scribble out Instead of running around adding in hankering and hungering for more, more, …
If it’s not
“What are your non-negotiables?” She turned to me. Inquisitive. I received her question and then felt suspended. The sure footing of having an immediate answer was nowhere to be found. …
Your aliveness
Is it in the hug of a just-sleeping child Still warm As he hooks and pulls you into the crook of that sweet space between his shoulder and cheek to …
Soul Dancers
1. And all at once, her soul lit up the sky As she became The wind in my hair The rain on my face The sun on my shoulders The …
Where are you ‘phoning it in’?
“I am completely obsessed. And the audience wants that; they pay for that. I don’t want to see someone who’s kind of into it. … That’s what I care about. …
How to Decide
My family and I have been contemplating a decision for YEARS. So, it struck me as a face-palm moment when I saw a post in a coaching forum asking for …