There Is No Try

Luke: Master, moving stones around is one thing. This is totally different. Yoda: No. No different. Only different in your mind. You must unlearn what you have learned. Luke: All right, I’ll give it a try. Yoda: No, try not. Do… or do not. There is no try. As I sit here in my office,Continue reading “There Is No Try”

Stop, Look, & Listen

A distant train whistle sounds as I sit with tea, FurButt at my slippered feet, and this reminds me of when we lived on Washington in Dunkirk, during the early years of our marriage. Good times. ❤ As Steven refurbishes the lower apartment there now, I can’t help but recall so many memories. Vivid. Visceral.Continue reading “Stop, Look, & Listen”

My Perverse Addiction

How many Romeos and Juliets need to lie dead on the floor before we’re willing to give up this perverse addiction? Erwin Raphael McManus Pastor McManus writes: If evolution is our preferred version of human evolution, why can’t we evolve ourselves out of this primal achilles heel we know as love? Gah, love. Some ofContinue reading “My Perverse Addiction”

Why Are You Craving?

There are few things more powerful than a life lived with passionate clarity. Erwin Raphael McManus So often, as a health coach and fitness trainer for over thirty years, clients met with me to help them unpack what to eat… inevitably, we found ourselves meandering down the path of WHY do I eat what IContinue reading “Why Are You Craving?”

Break Free From Fixing Yourself

The moment you embrace all of you is the moment you break free from fixing you. Lorie Ladd Do you think of yourself as broken? If you do, it is likely that you will always be looking for a fix and or a fixer. I welcome you into a safe and sacred space of beingContinue reading “Break Free From Fixing Yourself”

LOVE IS MY GIFT

Love… is my gift to the world. I fill myself with love and I send that love out into the world. How others treat me is their path. How I react is mine. Dr. Wayne Dyer We all so desperately long to feel loved, seen, heard, valued, understood. Don’t we? I mean, is there anythingContinue reading “LOVE IS MY GIFT”

We’re Doing Our Best

The more my heart expands, the less offended I am by people working out their particular stage of being human. People can be absolutely maddening, can’t they? Oh, how easily someone can get under my skin and grind mah gears. Anyone relate? And don’t get me started on how I can self-sabotage…. One of theContinue reading “We’re Doing Our Best”

Prince Says So

What jazzes you? What sets you on fire, speaks to you, makes sense, and gets your attention? Movies? Parties? Cookbooks? Shopping? Yoga? Scrolling? For me: words. For me: music. I am a lush for lyrics! Every day, I start my day with a walk (FurButt Gigi needs to poop and smell every single fire hydrantContinue reading “Prince Says So”

I CHOSE THIS

Whatever the present moment contains, accept it as if you had chosen it. E. Tolle True story: Just returned from a long walk downtown and all was cool but then began to feel that same vibe of discouragement and disappointment that I’ve felt so often throughout my life — I think it’s in my genes,Continue reading “I CHOSE THIS”

Why Giving Up Works

You’re afraid of surrender because you don’t want to lose control. But you never had control. All you had was anxiety. Elizabeth Gilbert STAND YOUR GROUND! Sounds like such a good and noble act… “Do not give in! Do not give up! Stay with the ship – yea, yeah, it’s sinking but… go down withContinue reading “Why Giving Up Works”