I was chatting with someone a few week ago who told me they thought they were ready for promotion. I cheered them on and asked what skills they needed to demonstrate to put themselves in a position where they were the obvious candidate for that role. They replied that they were really good at their …
This weekend, I cleaned out my closet, something long overdue. I took everything out, weighed its value – to me in usefulness, not it’s monetary value – and sorted it into piles. One pile for fabric recycling. One pile for the thrift store I support. One pile for the organization that helps battered women in …
“Let go of all those things that you are carrying around that aren’t yours.” In this morning’s guided meditation, the guide gave that instruction. And I began to wonder what I am carrying around that isn’t mine. I could tell that I’m carrying around too much because my shoulders have been too tight and my …
Do you make life harder for yourself than it has to be? I think a lot of us do. I was reflecting this morning on one of my nieces, who makes life a lot harder for herself than she has to, often cutting off her nose to spite her face. Anything her parents say is …
My mother has been saying to me a lot lately. Twice in one week. “I’ve missed you,” Mom says. My husband works her out three times a week, from the other end of the country, by Skype. 30-45 minutes of leg lifty and twisty things that she can do seated in her wheelchair, without removing …
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