Showing Up Before You Start

I had such an incredible experience at a conference last week, that I almost don’t want to write it down. Continue reading →

What You Wish For May Not Yet Exis

A Mailbox Full of Sunshine

One of my best friends teaches math to 7th graders. These kids are not in the highest level math class. Continue reading →

Stories are about Transformation

Two years ago I was living in L.A. I planned to return to San Francisco, and take a storytelling workshop Continue reading →

7 Reasons to Love Twitter

Dear Twitter, Have I told you lately that I love you? You make my life easier and enjoyable in so Continue reading →

Benefits of a Writers Conference for New Writers

Last year I went to my first writers conference. I chose it based on location: Santa Barbara. The Santa Barbara Continue reading →

What Happens When You Have No TV and Kids Around

I’ll be honest: my reason for not having a television has nothing to do with any child-raising philosophy. I come Continue reading →

A Great Vacation is… a Friend’s Conference

What happens to friendships as we get older? Oftentimes we hear, “I’m too busy” with work, with family, with children. Continue reading →

Valuing Love Over Food

In San Francisco, there is no shortage of new restaurants with tasty offerings. I noticed an Asian restaurant with “Comfort Continue reading →

When the Student Is Ready…

I used to think of two connected things as “coincidences” but now I’ve started to see things laid out as Continue reading →

Do You Give Too Much?

There are so many people who need help, and yet it is also very common that those who do help, Continue reading →

There Is a Lot of Doing in Being

I love reading books about improving personal productivity. If there is a faster, better, smarter way of doing something, please Continue reading →

To Feel More Compassion, Think of a Water Pitcher

I have flown a fair number of times, and on occasion, someone has told me their life story. My instinct Continue reading →

My First Business Was a Failure

My first business was a failure. I had no marketing budget. I had no sales force. I didn’t even have Continue reading →

Find Evidence of Love

If you want to bring more love into your life, but aren’t sure how, try one of Christine Arylo‘s challenges: Continue reading →

Fashion Emergency – Please Redesign Patient Gowns

I’ve worked in health care for twenty years, and spent much of my childhood visiting my mom in hospitals. As Continue reading →

Overcoming Lack and Feeling Abundance

People like Gabby Bernstein talk about being in a place of abundance, or overcoming a mindset of lack. It can Continue reading →

What Turns a Typical Commute into a Surprise

One morning I was sitting in the post-holiday commute traffic, and I wondered what would happen if I paid the Continue reading →

How Ninja Skills Help with Parenting

I once took Ninja classes. I didn’t know it would come in handy after I had a child. Besides the Continue reading →

Until There is GPS for Emotions

I came across this post of A chart of emotions that are untranslatable. I really like this map for a Continue reading →