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Self-Soothing Homework (a.k.a. A Good Excuse to Play)

Self-Soothing Homework (a.k.a. A Good Excuse to Play)

Ok, so it's been a hot minute since I've written a syllable here.  Sorry for that.  My life has been moving at the speed of light this year.  So fast, I was complaining to telling my coach the other day that I didn't have time to process everything that's going on as...

Détente

Détente

Known to those my age and older, détente is an easing of strained relations, for us the Cold War relationship between the US and the former Soviet Union. Forty years later, I am experiencing my own détente, and I have to say, it's freakin' me out a little. When was...

Anticipation Is Keeping Me Waiting

Anticipation Is Keeping Me Waiting

They say nature abhors a vacuum. I believe it, because I have a vacuum in my life, and it irks me, no end. I did it to myself, though. I made a choice. I ended a relationship that had run its course, served its specific purpose. And now there's this big, gaping hole...

Famous Last Words

Famous Last Words

I have long said I would never home school my kids because it would end badly...likely with me in jail for murder. Several factors brought me to that conclusion, not least of which was Oldest Son's public school experience which was - in a word - exhausting. I freely...

Travel Plans

I would love to travel the world and see places I've read about, but it's not a burning desire that won't leave me alone. At least not right now. But there are a few places - no, people and places - I would like to go see: The Farm: This is a picture I want to one day...

I, Warrior Mom

I, Warrior Mom

Second Son’s graduation has me thinking about how I show up as a mom. I tell you, it’s not how I thought I would back before I was one.

When I became a mother, something inside me changed. Something went a little left. It’s like a secret code was activated and now inside me lives a fierce warrior. When pushed, she pushes back. Hard.

Safety and Change: Yes, They Can Co-Exist

Safety and Change: Yes, They Can Co-Exist

My mind gets scattered all over the place. I catch myself thinking more than one thing at a time, and it's like I have to decide which thing to pay attention to. It's hard to tune things out so I can pay attention to ONLY one thing. Hence why I find meditation so...

Leadership Is In My DNA

Leadership Is In My DNA

I don't know how not to lead. That might sound strange to you, but it's true. I am almost pathologically unable to sit still, be quiet, not jump in and take charge, particularly if there's a problem to be solved. I do know how to follow, but when there's a gaping void...

Awareness Requires Sleep

Awareness Requires Sleep

It's 10:30pm on Sunday night, and I'm sitting in my office with my two sons. We're each kind of doing our own thing, but we're doing it while carrying on a conversation...relating...BEing together. We just finished watching "I Am Sam" starring Sean Penn. We're all...