Priorities

As my life gets busier and more hectic, I keep coming back to the thought that I need to choose my priorities carefully. In my last incarnation, in a version of me I’ve outgrown and left behind for good, my priorities were completely out of whack. I thought that my...

How to Overcome Fear

In 1988, Helen Thayer walked away from civilization and toward the North Pole, with just her dog, Charlie, for support. She hiked 364 miles in 27 days over snow and ice, and under the constant threat of polar bear attack. She braved minus 50-degree weather, hunger and...

Gratitude

Rather than pausing on Thanksgiving to give thanks on just one day of the year, how different would your life be if you practiced gratitude every day? I remember a time, not too long ago, when I was in a very dark place in my life. As I struggled to find a way out of...

A Change of Season

I love the change of seasons. It proves the natural rhythm of things. After 25 years in Florida where it’s always perfect, and the years just run together in an endless sea of blue skies, now I welcome the cold, the rain, the snow. I know now I’m moving...

Failure Acceptors

I heard a term the other morning that I had never heard before. It’s a term that teachers use to describe certain students who are not doing well in school.  It’s a term they use for the student who stares out of the window instead of engaging with the class and the...

Clarity

Have you ever noticed that when you’re wishy-washy or noncommittal, nothing much happens? But when you’re clear, certain, concise and confident, the world becomes a magical place? When you are very clear about what you want, people, situations and opportunities will...