“Look for what you notice, but no one else sees.” ~Rick Rubin I dread that standard dinner party question. What do you do? I never know exactly how to answer, because the answers are endless and conflated and none fully encompass the truth. I am a yoga teacher. I am a mindfulness […]
“When you share something difficult with someone and they insist that you turn it into a positive, what they’re really saying is, my comfort is more important than your reality”. ~ Dr. Susan David, author of Emotional Agility According to a 2019 study spanning thousands of people and three decades, optimists live as […]
Disclaimer: This is my personal story. It’s not medical advice. It’s not a how-to. I am not a doctor or a chemist. Don’t hit me up for shrooms or send me hate mail about why decriminalizing psychoactive drugs is the first sign of the Apocalypse. I am, however, totally open to your suggestions about menopause, but […]
Stay Golden! ~the message my friend Jeff wrote in my high school yearbook As an early bird living with two night owls, I suspect my husband and daughter live whole lives I’m not privy to. But they can keep the night. I prefer to welcome the light. Golden Hour, that time coveted by professional […]
When I took Tai Chi, my martial arts instructor loved to remind me to, “Be the cheetah.” I always assumed he meant flexible and fast until one day he elaborated. “Cheetah is only fast when he has to be. Most times, he is slow. Because slow is smooth and smooth is fast.” Huh. I went […]
I have been thinking for weeks now about my word of the year. I’ve never not chosen a guiding word. And yet here we are, close to February and I have adopted and discarded many, many intentions because nothing feels exactly right. I am struggling to define how I feel and which direction I need […]
