Today I want to invite you to engage your imagination. Photo by Belinda Fewings on Unsplash Using your imagination may be as natural to you as breathing. For some, you’ve been told the imagination is a road to debauchery. Others of you haven’t used your imagination for yourself for far too long. I know it
There are 28 days left in our 40-Day Journey to the New Year. We’ve talked so far about growing your awareness in three areas: head, heart and body. I’ve shared some invitations to dig a little deeper below the surface in any one of those areas. Perhaps an area has been poked a little too
I was a child in the 60’s, a teen in the 70’s, who became an adult (chronologically) near the end of the 70’s. My Mom was 20 when I was born. She came of age in the era of fitted-waist poodle skirts, which gave way to fashion influenced by the First Lady, Jacqueline Kennedy. Size
We began this 40-Day Journey to the New Year just ten days ago. My question for you is one of reflection: What has transpired for you in these ten days? You might be prone to say a quick “Oh so much!” Or a potentially defeating “Nothing’s transpired; life’s too busy!” My question isn’t intended to
I love learning how humans learn. I was fascinated with the idea when I began my collegiate career in an era when women were not generally encouraged to pursue hard sciences. It’s a long story but math and I were never given opportunity to succeed in an intimate relationship. *sigh* Photo by Jeffrey Hamilton on Unsplash Fast forward
I don’t know if you watched any commercial television yesterday, but in our family Macy’s Thanksgiving parade is an annual tradition passed down from my grandparents. We begin the day with orange frosted cinnamon rolls (thanks to the Pillsbury Doughboy). We might have bacon or sausage for protein and then snack on celery and peanut
We’re completing one week of our 40-Day Journey to the New Year. How are you feeling? Energized? Overwhelmed? Or somewhere in between? Photo by Matteo Vistocco on Unsplash It’s not easy to suddenly make a daily practice of reflection if that hasn’t been happening prior to now. Give yourself permission to do what you can.
I’m sure you know the value of physical exercise; there’s a billion dollar industry that we hear about daily. There is now a body of research supporting the value of mental exercise as well as the development of emotional intelligence. All three of these parts of self: Head-Heart-Body need to be exercised in a variety