How to Honor your Own Bold and Quirky (and Brilliant) Ideas…

“If you knew your potential,you would laugh at your efforts to fit into smaller molds. Absolute genius requires absolute heart.”
~ Tama Kieves
Not too long ago, one of my mentors, Danielle Laporte, sent out an email letting her readers know that she will no longer be taking comments on her blog.  I was impressed.  Not [...]

From a place of deep witness…

“To lose balance sometimes for love is part of living a balanced life.”
~Elizabeth Gilbert
Meet Joe. He is a 47-year-old (which translates to roughly 94-years-old in gorilla years) silverback gorilla at the Gorilla Haven sanctuary in northeast Georgia. My family and I visited him this last weekend… he was quite the gentleman, [...]

How to view your BIG dreams with an even BIGGER perspective…

You can indeed tell it’s summertime in my house….  there are piles of papers that need to be filed on my desk, I messed up the time on one of my coaching calls this week, and my poor blog is beginning to feel slightly bemused at my lack of writing and posting these days.  That’s [...]

Get lost! (a.k.a. the real reason you should buy a GPS)

Last Christmas, my family got me a GPS for my car. At the time, to be honest, I thought secretly to myself, “what would I ever do with this thing?”, stuffed it away in a drawer, and conveniently forgot all about it.
You see, once upon a time, I was extremely adventurous… I’d drive across [...]

The unofficial times-of-plenty survival guide…

It’s official…  the kids are done with school and it’s summer vacation at my house.  While this is in some ways cause for merrymaking, sprinklers and iced tea, I must confess, it’s a mixed bag for me.  It’s not that I don’t adore spending time with my kiddos….  but as a creative person with a [...]