What yoga taught me was how to get out my head, listen to, and connect with the physical sensations in my body. I initially hated yoga because it seemed all about the end game, your ability to twist into a pose and hold it for what seemed like an infinite number of incredibly boring seconds….
Someone recently recommended “The Upside of Stress” by Kelly McGonigal. So I dutifully checked it out and watched Kelly’s Ted Talk. This was especially interesting to me because I had recently watched an episode of “The Expanse” where one character talked about trying to help a struggling butterfly out of a chrysalis by cutting the chrysalis. And…
Sometimes curiosity gets a bad rap, so you might wonder why curiosity matters. After all, it allegedly killed the cat and got Adam and Eve kicked out of Eden. And look at what happened to Bluebeard’s wife! Yet most of humanity’s progress has been a direct result of curious people asking lots questions and trying…
I recently had the delightful experience of working with a life coach for a month, an unexpected gift of synchronicity that fell into my lap. It was an extremely fruitful relationship, and I produced an abundance of ideas I was super excited about during our month together. New business ideas, new book ideas, a competition…
How did Tom Mitchell (warmly known as Tattoo Tom) go from being a former tattoo shop owner to becoming one of the area’s leading childhood cancer activists and founder of StillBrave Childhood Cancer Foundation? By leaning into the unbearable pain of his daughter, Shayla, being diagnosed with stage 4 Hodgkin’s at age 16 and dying…
A mindful photo walk is a wonderful way to give your stressed-out mind a break and to pay attention to your life in the present moment. Mindfulness is about slowing down and using your senses to take in the present moment, to connect to the physical world. Creativity is about curiosity and exploration and possibilities….
Impressionist photography is an image with a dreamy, blurry quality. Rather than capturing every stark detail of a single moment, the impressionist photograph captures multiple moments in a single image. I’ve always loved impressionist paintings, how a few quick brush strokes could evoke the essence of a subject in such a beautiful way! And I…
I learned how to use the Pomodoro technique years ago when I was trying to find strategies for my kids and their homework, but I never considered applying it to myself. After all, I was proud of my workaholic tendencies. I knew how to focus and get work done, to keep my nose to the…
As long as I can remember, I’ve avoided stepping into the light for fear of being found wanting. I’m a behind the scenes, work in the shadows kind of person. I’m a creative person however, so when I feel the desire to create or make something, I’ve usually used a pseudonym. My first YouTube channel,…
A few people have asked me why I quit Facebook, and I thought I’d gather all of my thoughts here in one post. Three years ago, my friend Shelley joked that every time she got on Facebook she spent $75. That was because the algorithms had figured her out and were feeding her ads for…