The Inner Child: Games, Patterns, and Fun

For years we’ve been talking about the inner child, how to heal her, how to nurture her, how to deal with her tantrums and her tender heart. I had a therapist tell me once that we are all four-year-olds emotionally. We have that part of us, at any rate. My sisters and I used to [...]

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Longing for Freedom… and other points of purpose

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On Thursday I had lunch with the rootielicious diva, the one and only Heidi Rootvik. She told me about a class she had just taken the night before where some profound lessons were learned, including the role of longing in our lives. So many people have a negative association with the word longing, believing it [...]

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Transforming fear into your greatest strength.

This week I sat down and read — in one sitting, which is so rare! — Do the Work by Steven Pressfield, an awesome piece of writing that you should definitely check out asap! Marie Forleo calls it “The #1 Book On The Planet for Entrepreneurs and Creators” and if you read it you’ll see [...]

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Get real and give us what we want.

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It’s time to drop the mask, the obsession with maintaining an image. People won’t appreciate you more for trying so hard to be something you’re not. It’s time to let it all hang out. Let your freak flag fly — or whatever kind of flag it happens to be. So often we grow up to [...]

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How to Rock Today! Tips for Stardom.

First of all, what was your first thought this morning before you got out of bed? Yesterday I posted on social media the following quote. “You are what you think about all day.” (Allen Ginsburg) I got some interesting responses to this. One person said she must be “dead and irrelevant” because she was thinking [...]

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Me and My Ego

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Yesterday. What a day. Last minute schedule changes. Software backup problems for the 10th day in a row. Tech support unavailable because they’re in a blizzard. Gift plans derailed because the supplier’s samples were a total misrepresentation. Didn’t get enough protein for breakfast, so I had low blood sugar mid-morning and the lingering headache that [...]

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Body Awareness

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I’m taking this course called “How to Create Happiness” from Intent.com. It seems uncanny how much has been pouring into my inbox on the topic: happiness. Perhaps it’s a reminder that whatever I’m ruminating on will be brought into my lived reality that much more fully. Does that even make sense? I don’t know. I’ve [...]

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Lamberton and Pink: Two Dans and Life Skills

What do Dan Lamberton and Dan Pink have in common? Aside from the obvious, they both grabbed my attention this week by discussing how we can interact with our world in positive, productive ways. In the Summer 2010 issue of Walla Walla University’s Westwind, there was an interview with Dan Lamberton about humanities — Working [...]

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Life is colorful

Sometimes I forget to breathe. Sometimes I need reminders. Today I told my spouse that “I’m gratefuller” which might be missing the point. But as I took this photo I was in a world of color and magic and I felt a joyful innocence as I played with camera settings. (Yay Hipstamatic!) I promise to [...]

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