In the movie Forrest Gump, Forrest describes the unpredictability of life with the iconic quote,…
A couple weeks ago in a TV interview, the former vice president said something like…
When you think of the word “apocalypse” you probably envision the destruction of the world…
I know, there’s a lot going on right now. It’s really easy to spiral down…
raison d’être (French, “reason for being”): the purpose, justification, or essential meaning or purpose behind…
We all experience a major loss at one point or another. It could be the…
As I post this, the one year “anniversary” of Steve’s death is happening two days…
inauguration: the beginning or introduction of a system, policy, or period. As of today, there…
guid·ance: advice or information aimed at resolving a problem or difficulty, especially as given by an authority.…
Happy New Year! 🎉🎇🥂 It feels a little whacko to say this when things look…
So in the PT room of the rehab I’m in, there’s a “Creepy Elf” and…
Between my last post here and this one, I had a total knee replacement. So…
On Day 1 post-election, I received a broadcast email from Richard Harwood of the non-partisan…
Wow, I woke up the other morning—on a lovely Arizona autumn day—to see my usual…
We all feel down and sad sometimes. But when it persists most days for two…
When I started thinking about what to write here concerning Self-Kindness I realized that for…
I hesitated publishing this post. I’ve been very candid in other posts here but for…
I’ve been working on a post about Self-Compassion for a while, but for now here’s…
Steve had a lot of health issues in his last couple years. As each of…
In Steve’s final memoir blog post, written two weeks before he died, my lifelong-agnostic husband…
After writing my previous blog series, I observe that my “rough edges” have softened. I…
Greetings! It’s been awhile since you heard from me. But my suddenly insistent Muse urged…
With ongoing fallout from the Florida “raid,” a recent presidential speech at Independence Hall in my old hometown of Philly, and the upcoming U.S. elections, I feel compelled to reach out to all of you—to reiterate some things I’ve written here AND to provide some new information I just came across . . .
I officially ended this blog last May. But with recent national and global events, a lot of questions have arisen for me. And my Muse has brought to my attention some information I feel compelled to share with you, including simple actions you can take to make a difference . . . .
Wow, it’s just shy of a year and three weeks since my first blog post…
This post is about something I really believe can result in a huge leap forward…
“I hope that we never take for granted the little things again.” (Lauren B, Staten…
self-deprecation: criticism of oneself; belittling, disparaging or undervaluing oneself; being excessively modest. I hesitated to…
I started a blog post several weeks ago about humility but my writing stumbled to…
I recently decided that rather than referring to our national and global situation as “challenging,”…
Well this blog post ended up being NOTHING like I originally thought . . .…
Recommended by a dear friend, I signed up for “Notes from the Universe”1—brief daily emails…
The Hill We Climb A poem by Amanda Gorman As recited at the inauguration of…
I’ve been in denial about all the lives lost due to COVID. It now surpasses…
Wow, and we thought 2020 was challenging! Apparently “It ain’t over yet.” I think it’s…
On Wednesday, January 6, 2021, I spent much of the afternoon with tears welling up…
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! Finally, it’s 2021. We did it—we survived 2020. It was by no…
As I’ve written in several blog posts, this protracted COVID stay-at-home over fall and winter…
I dated a guy named Jon in college who, after holding the door open for…
There are a lot of “two camp” issues right now, for example, pro-maskers vs. anti-maskers,…
My blog Muse got inspired last week when I read the phrase “unspoken conversations” somewhere…
It’s been a rough few weeks (months, years!). We have a lot going on. And…
By now, you know about my eclectic spiritual beliefs that I hold deeply in my…
We’ve had to make A LOT of changes in our daily lives this year. Sure,…
We continue to live in challenging times. But I don’t think the chaotic times “just”…
In a previous post, “Compassion: A (Better) Definition,” I talked about having compassion for people…
I know, I know. I sound like a broken record: These are challenging times like…
No doubt about it, we live in challenging times. And now added to the many…
Steve and I just finished watching a Netflix drama series whose title is a computer…
Subtitle: Practicing Discernment. In my Life Coach training, we discussed several language distinctions, including “assessments”…
This is yet another one of those topics I’m guided to write about that I…
When I was guided that this week’s topic would be anger, my immediate reaction was,…
I think you’ll agree that this is an extraordinary, unprecedented time. As I wrote in…
Ooops, immediately after I published the previous post about Trust, my trickster Muse provided another…
Before I even posted last week’s “Forgiveness Is an 11-Character Word” about one of two…
Recently, a friend gently commented that my blog posts are too “intellectual.” I admit it:…
On TV news right now, the news is all VERY bad and VERY scary. The…
We’ve all seen cartoons of the two angels sitting on opposite shoulders of a character:…
As I write this, it’s the 14th day of protests all around the U.S. following…
Oh boy, this is a hard one—at least for me. Maybe for you, too. I…
On TV and online I see so many, many, MANY stories of horrific acts of…
I was originally not comfortable using the term “Oneness.” It feels “esoteric” to me: “.…
For whatever reason, I’m called to use this blog to forge this path, well, this…
Remember who you are. Why you’re here. And what this is all about. Video poem:…
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