Blog Posts
We don’t do that anymore.
Up until a couple of years ago, I was very attached to my habit of nightly glasses of wine with my husband. It dawned on me one day that I was asking those glasses of wine to do a lot for me. To entertain, to relax, to unwind to help manage uncomfortable feelings like...
The Next Step
Imagine standing at the start of a Marathon race. It means you are about to take 63,000 steps in order to cover the 26 miles 385 yards over the course of several hours. It is a crazy feeling, let me tell you. Each time I have done it I think to myself, " What was I...
Holiday Madness to Holiday Magic
Create the Holiday Season of your Dreams. I mean Tis the Season to be Jolly and Hohohos. Yet..... If that is true then why do so many of us find the season to be stressful, some of us dare to say "we hate" the holiday season, while others grin and bear it. I mean it...
You Were Born For Greatness
You were born for greatness and you know what greatness is, it is inside of you. My teacher Blair Abbass said these words in the Mindfulness course I am taking. I don't know if I have ever heard words that ring more true to me. We were born for greatness, we...
It’s a Beautiful Life
When I was in the 12th grade, I returned home one Saturday morning in January to find out that my little brother, a pesky 14-year-old had died. He died of autoerotic asphixiation. I know, what is that? It means he hung himself while self-pleasuring, it was supposed to...
Money Stories
I am a Life Coach, I help people get their best lives. Whatever that is for them. Coaching gets results quickly. I am often asked to give examples of how coaching helps people and the answer is Life Coaching helps any and all parts of life. One way that coaching helps...
Fine Hair, Eagles, and Stories
" Madam, you have such lovely, beautiful fine hair," said the massage therapist, a lady from Germany who speaks like a fraulein. I mean I honestly thought she was talking about someone else, except well I was the only one on the massage table and in the room for that...
The Two White Heads: A Love Story
I have the very good fortune to look out my window, into the backyard of my neighbors, and witness a love story, it warms my heart. I just want to be clear that I am not stalking my neighbors it is the way the yards are set up, my backyard leads to their backyard, in...
A Luxury Not Granted to All
On the Eve of my husband's 80th Birthday, I find myself more or less in awe. It seems to be a momentous occasion for him and for me. And as I ponder this moment in time and of celebration, I come to understand that turning 80 is a luxury not granted to all. And as...
Mindfulness and Time
As I write this I am preparing to make a farewell journey. Next week I will travel to my childhood home to say, most likely farewell to my Mother. At nearly 90 years old my Mother has lived a full life, one filled with children and passion and interests and it...
Trauma and Mindfulness
With My Certification Trauma is something we are hearing a lot about lately. Trauma is a universal human experience. Trauma can be big events or smaller ones that accumulate over time. Trauma, while none of us would wish it upon ourselves or others can be healed and...
50 Classes
As I was sitting waiting for class to start at Orange Theory, I flashed past myself. I know it makes me sound a bit, well you know, cuckoo. What I mean is on the Marquee Screen this photo, taken to celebrate the 50 classes I have taken, flashed by, repeatedly. I did...