People ask me if I ever have bad days. I usually have a smile on my face, and my Facebook posts are categorically bright, positive, uplifting, or some other form of good energy, including the giddy joy of downright silliness. To answer that question, yes, I do have days like today when the circumstances of …
For years, I have been warned against “putting myself out there.” I’ve been told that people won’t understand, that I’ll scare them off, I’ll be rejected, and that I will be attacked (that was the scariest one for me!) Success has made me brave; my experience is exactly the opposite. It seems that the more …
Growing up, I heard it a lot, “Failure is not an option.” Thinking about it now, I realize that didn’t feel like a very nurturing mantra. It felt abusive, like much of my childhood. During a recent meditation, the thought floated into my awareness with a whole new meaning.
I have a severe aversion to making lists. I struggle with this aversion, because there is research out there that shows we are much more likely to accomplish things we write down. If you doubt it, please Google it. The point is that I really would like to be able to maintain lists of things I’d like to …