If you are lucky, on occasion, a piece of music, a book, a phone call, or a lecture comes to you at exactly the right time. On Wednesday afternoon, I took the time while out walking to listen to a presentation by Gabrielle Bernstein as part of the Sounds True Self-Acceptance Summit. Already you can…
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Praying for Peace, Safety, Healing
At the close of our 100 Days of Happiness last week, Lowi talked about how this year’s experiment in cultivating gratitude had been challenging. Difficult days seem to be the theme for far too many with the natural disasters of Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma. We all have friends and/or family that we are checking…
Making Our Own Decisions
A little more than a week ago I had the pleasure of hearing writer Glennon Doyle speak. For those of you new to her name, she is the founder of momastery.com, author of “Carry On, Warrior” and “Love Warrior.” She traffics in the same circles as Brené Brown, Jen Hatmaker, Elizabeth Gilbert and the like….
Listening for Fire
For days I have heard an inordinate number of sirens. Sometimes it’s just one and sometimes it’s like they fill all the air around me. All day long it seems they are roaring, blaring, calling for my attention. It’s as if at every moment there is an unattended fire raging; an emergency forming as the…
Sages Among Us
We all have sages in our lives. Those who have walked a million miles in their shoes, others’ shoes and seem to know just the right thing to say, how to respond, and allow their words to be a salve on the soul in time that it’s most needed. My friend Jill is like that….
Life Lesson: Google Doesn’t Know Everything
I may have mentioned that I took a road trip to Nashville with my mom last week. For the most part it was uneventful. However, we got off to an unforeseen start with an ill-fated pizza ordering effort. We were starving once we got to my niece’s house because our trip from Ohio to Tennessee…