On this last, beautiful day of 2011, I’m saying goodbye to you, my dear readers, for a while. There’s a book to be written. There are personal assessments to be done. And in order for them to be done to the best of my ability, I need to disappear—sink into that thoughtful quiet space of […]
What Would You Tell Your Younger Self?
From my podcast of the same name. What things would you like to tell your younger self, if given the opportunity? I’ve often thought I would never want to re-live my life again—heavens, no!—but I would like to have had some timely advice for things I was experiencing. I wonder, though, if I would have […]
Training in Joy
Such wisdom from Pema Chödrön in her book The Places That Scare You. Happiness (true happiness) seems scarce around the holidays. We don’t like to admit it, but it’s true. So, I thought this tender reminder might help us a bit. Isn’t that wonderful? I’m feeling a little weathered right now, and I’m uncertain about what my […]