Empowering You to Actualize Your Purposeful Potential
James Hollis, a Jungian Analyst, is one of my favorite authors. He writes about finding meaning in life, particularly the second half of life. His latest book Living an Examined Life: Wisdom for the Second Half of the Journey is eloquently thorough on this topic and actually applicable to any phase of life. He reminds […]
Every time there’s a choice to be made by the characters in the movie, The Piano, director Jane Campion has them select an unexpected direction or response. This is so refreshing. In most Hollywood movies things are so predicable that my interest wanes and I feel frustrated by the lack of imagination in what I’m […]
Ever since I heard the music of Joni Mitchell’s Blue album, shared with me by my dear high school friend, Terry, I wanted to sing, play and write like Joni. I love to sing—the thought of being able to accompany myself on guitar with the agility that she has seemed like heaven. So I tried, […]
Not the kind that has Cortisol ripping through our bodies, leaving our muscles tight, our brains in a fog and our psyches wanting to fight, fly or freeze. I’m talking about the kind of stress that, although it has a tinge of anxiety, is also full of its cousin, excitement. The kind of stress that […]
He was given two months, but he went on to live for two more years. We were so grateful to have this time of love, caring and tenderness with him. For a thirteen-year-old cat, Quicksilver was middle aged, but for me who has had many twenty plus-year-old cats, it felt too young, too soon to […]
The anticipation is over. Here we are in the new reality. It is not only rocking our world, it is rocking the whole world with fear of what’s to come, what’s to be, how bad it will get. This puts each of us in a dilemma: How to respond? On the one hand, vigilance is […]
A wise woman once said to me ‘The best thing you can do for yourself is relax.’ That was many years ago and I have never forgotten it. As time goes by, I have a deepening understanding of what those words mean. Anxiety is epidemic in our culture. We have record high numbers of people […]
A few weeks ago a friend, neighbor and musical colleague died suddenly and unexpectedly on his way home from a fifty-mile bike ride. It has been so overwhelmingly sad and shocking that it has taken me until now to be able to write about it. Still, my mind keeps tricking me into thinking it is […]
