Excerpt from a poem I am loving right now: The Journey
One day you finally knew what you had to do, and began, though the voices around you kept shouting their bad advice… But little by little, as you left their […]
Finding Inspiration
I am a woman who is suddenly aware that I can control my destiny by creating the day that I most wish to have. For almost a year, it felt […]
Excerpt from a poem I am loving right now: The Art of Disappearing
Walk around feeling like a leaf. Know you could tumble any second. Then decide what to do with your time. From “The Art of Disappearing” by Naomi Shihab Nye, from […]
Parenting after the earthquake in Haiti
For the last week, I, like all of you, have just been heartbroken over the earthquake and the resulting devastation – the further devastation of a country where many people already […]
Helping Haiti
The last week has been intense for all of us, but not really as intense for those who live in Haiti and who have loved ones in Haiti. Wanting to […]
Word for the Year
In my mid-twenties, I was in a workshop at a conference where we were asked to come up with one word that described our mission and then follow that with […]
Changing Your Mind
What’s the secret? I am often asked. What’s the secret to body image happiness? And here is my answer: achieving body image happiness is not about standing in front of the bathroom […]
Your Favorite Book in 2009?
So, I am stockpiling books like the death of printing presses is coming. I can’t even begin to tell you how many books are on my to be read shelves […]
36 Things to Do Before Turning 37
It is that time of year… Birthday List Time! I didn’t do so great with last year’s list: just 9 things out of 35 completed; so I am putting lots […]
Run Big, Dream Big I
So, this started with my birthday list. For those of you who don’t know, I write an annual list of things to do each year as part of my birthday […]
