Mindfulness

Perfect Moment Monday: Retreat

January 22, 2012

As part of a year-long course I’m immersed in, I had the pleasure of spending a weekend with a group of authentic and supportive women (12 of us plus a teacher) at a dude ranch called Peaceful Valley. We drove up between snowfalls and, because of the time of year, ended up being the only [...]

Random thanks: an oddball list

November 24, 2011

Dear G*d / the Divine / Universe, Thank you for my blessings, especially the people. The have let me know love. Thank you things and people I once thought were curses. They have made me grow. Thank you for the times when things have gone easily for me. Like buttah. Thank you for the times [...]

Find the perfection in imperfection

November 7, 2011

In the early 1990s, when I was a lonely yuppie, yearning to meet the man who would make my heart sing and to start a family with him, I read a book by Dan Millman called The Life You Were Born to Live: A Guide to Finding Your Life Purpose. I knew that my life [...]

Nine Eleven, Ed McCaffrey, Stephen Covey and me

September 11, 2011

Tuesday’s horror was preceded by Monday Night Football I went to bed feeling sick the night of September 10, 2001. My sports hero was Ed McCaffrey, #87 and Denver Broncos wide-receiver, general nice guy and spectacular athlete. During that night’s Monday Night Football game against the NY Giants (boo!) Eddie Mac had suffered a broken [...]

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