New Beginnings
New beginnings can be as scary as they are exciting. The opportunity to begin again. To reinvent yourself. To become a person you admire, respect, enjoy! Try not to put your energy into the fears [...]
The Importance of Words
Texting and emailing are so quick and easy. Who doesn't love the instant gratification of a quick hello, check in, or making of plans? And now with Bitmoji we can communicate an entire message with [...]
Thoughts for a Compassionate New Year
I recently watched a TED Talk of Joan Hailfax discussing compassion. Joan is a Zen Buddhist teacher, anthropologist, ecologist, civil rights activist, hospice caregiver and author. She embodies compassion. She begins this TED Talk by [...]
Vulnerability
Launching your child into the world on their own is scary. You begin to wonder, question, hope, pray...Did I not just tell them but also show them how to be confident, authentic, considerate, compassionate, hard [...]
The Power of AND
Much of our struggles come from black or white thinking. Either or. Yes or no. Good or bad. Right or wrong. Yet life happens in the gray, in the AND. THERE IS NO SUCH THING [...]
Milestones
This month my son will be 18. In just under one month he will be starting his next chapter in Boulder. Time is fleeting. We hear this from day one...the days are long but the [...]