When you settle into the routine, it’s easy to get comfortable. This can be with the route you take to work, the groceries you buy or restaurants you dine at, the clothing you wear, the people you spend time with, the entertainment you seek, the morning or evening rituals you have, the exercise you do, even in the conversations and…
Change can be hard. It requires a letting go of what was while embracing what is possible and improved. Too often, our thinking is skewed to keeping things as is – especially if we believe it’s working for us. Our fixed thinking is what makes it hard, not the change itself. Change doesn’t have to be hard. When you adjust…
Patience. I don’t have a lot of it, though my Mom said I did. And I’d laugh. Sometimes, if you wait, things settle in and handle themselves. Often, I’m not patient enough to allow that kind of magic to happen, but when I do and it works, it appears as a miracle. Deep breaths, kind thoughts and trust in all…
My friend Cindy is a master gardener. I am not. I appreciate great landscaping, I don’t find it gratifying to do the maintenance, nor do I have the vision for the outdoors in the way she does. When we moved into a home with land, I had no real idea what was in store for me. Life on a suburban…
Do you ever seek advice when you already know the answer? You know, the right answer. For YOU, not the right answer for others. Me too. There are great questions to ask when people seek you for advice, here are a few: Any of these questions open the door for people to find their answers, not yours. When you take…
Who are you? Minus what you do, what you produce, minus your title; who are you? It’s a big question, can you be still enough to answer it? Will you remain quiet, uncomfortable, and open to all that floods into your brain like a freight train out of control to sit with the question? For the doers, the list makers,…
I’m an early riser. Barring a series of days where I’m without enough sleep, my natural timing is to wake early. It’s the same with my family. My husband is a night owl. Barring a series of days where he’s without enough sleep, his natural timing is to stay awake into the wee hours of the night. It’s the same…
You’ll always find the evidence you’re looking for. I was having a conversation recently about excellence with my son. He told me other people aren’t like me, they think good enough is good enough. Fair point and true. Further into our discussion, I told him years ago I had seen a video of Tiger Woods describing excellence in his habits.…
We’re busy people. We are goal setters and problem solvers and doers. These are my people. They run businesses and lead people. Sitting still is not something they do well unless truly fatigued. So how do we truly become content amidst all we’re accomplishing? My theory is this: you have to create space in order to have the space to…
When we moved to our lake home, I had no clue what I was in for. For us, coming home is now an experience of letting go, releasing, forgetting the busyness of the day and week. Our pontoon boat is a source of peace. There’s something magical, ethereal, and calming about puttering around our lake. We enjoy friends, music, and…