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It's forgiveness that makes us what we are. → Read More
In a Coursera video about anxiety, professor Joordens from the University of Toronto was explaining the difference between the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems. I have heard those explanations before, but the way he talked about one point made me pause. He was going over what happens when we sleep. → Read More
What a difference a week makes. As a mom-of-three, daughter and sister, I am, like the rest of the world, wondering what this means for my family, my community and the world as I know it. → Read More
Sometimes life feels like the rug has been ripped out from under us. Everything we know to be true comes under question. We wonder about our safety, our health, our loved ones. → Read More
Are we ready for the lesson? → Read More
This week I watched a series on Netflix called Cheer about the road to the Nationals for a cheerleading team from a little town in Texas. The team was from a small school, Navarro College, that was put on the map when a home-town gal decided to return to her roots after earning an MBA and coach the sport she competed in as a high school student. → Read More
What you know as 'you' is actually trillions of cells living and working together. → Read More
I just finished reading The Obstacle is the Way by Ryan Holiday. What a great book. When it first came out, Michael Lombardi and Bill Bellichick of the New England Patriots picked it up. They shared copies of the book with players and coaching staff and the team won the Super Bowl that year. → Read More
In Anne Lamott's book Bird by Bird, she reminds us how to get through writing and life when said says, "Thirty years ago my older brother, who was ten years old at the time, was trying to get a report on birds written → Read More
Then they realized something. The landlord owned the land but not the building. → Read More
And It Changed My Life. → Read More
One year ago today I decided to stop drinking alcohol. I was a white wine drinker and it had become almost a daily habit. If I met someone for a meal I had a glass. If I got home late after an event I had a glass. If I went away for the weekend I had a few glasses. So many hidden, liquid calories. → Read More
But the journey to becoming more of yourself is what takes your breath away. → Read More
We just returned from the North American Irish Dance Championships held this year in Vancouver. Thirty-five-hundred dancers and 20,000 family and friends descended on the city for a week full of Olympian artistry. The gorgeous venue overlooked the Pacific Ocean and the first thing I noticed after the salt-water breeze was the air of expectation. It was palpable. → Read More
Author Seth Godin said he really dislikes the question, “Will this be on the test?” It highlights the idea that we only have to digest it if we will be tested on it. That memorization is the goal. That we shouldn’t learn for the sake of learning. To stretch our minds. To connect the dots. To become all that we were meant to be. As my 14-year-old son starts his last week of Grade 8 and heads to… → Read More
Author Seth Godin said he really dislikes the question, "Will this be on the test?" It highlights the idea that we only have to digest it if we will be tested on it. That memorization is the goal. That we shouldn't learn for the sake of learning. To stretch our minds. To connect the dots. To become all that we were meant to be. → Read More
Chinese philosopher Confucius said, "We have two lives, and the second begins when we realize we only have one." → Read More
What is your last memory of being really happy? Joyful? Laughing until your stomach hurt? My guess is it had nothing to do with possessions. → Read More
The thing about art is it reminds you who you are. The reason you laugh or cry or think is because it stirs something inside you that you recognize. And it pulls a reaction from you. → Read More
Last week we moved for the fourth time in four years. I must admit, I was in denial the last few weeks before the big day. The schedule was full of appointments and events and dance competitions. The packing and purging loomed before me. Our elementary school was having a book bonanza so I ended up donating about 12 bags of books to the cause. It looked like I had robbed a library. → Read More