How My Mother’s Struggles Shaped Me
The best thing my parents gave me was their imperfection. Sometimes, the gifts that your parents’ give you aren’t what they did right, but what they struggled with, and how they overcame it– or didn’t. This is the time of the year that I review my mother’s life, and whatContinue Reading
Human Design: Listen and Lead
I’m a Human Design Guide, and I’m starting a simple weekly series here. Each Monday, I’ll share the current Human Design transit of the Sun and Earth, and how I’m personally noticing it show up in real life. Human Design helps us tune into both our own natural rhythm andContinue Reading
The Power of Daily Writing Habits
What makes a habit worth keeping? Right now, the habit of writing a post everyday brings me into better alignment with my life. As soon as I wake up in the morning, I open up my laptop and stare at the blank screen. Then I recall the day before. WhatContinue Reading
Why Taking a Break is Key to Mental Wellness
Quote Box Wisdom My stepfather has a handmade wooden box that is filled with quotes he’s collected during his life written on index cards. I just pulled one out and this is the gem I received: “Whenever he thought about it, he felt terrible. And so, at last, he cameContinue Reading
From Delays to Deep Conversations: A Day of Perspective
Travel days are often filled with delays. Yet, they also offer glimmers of humanity while you sit around waiting. Here are some of mine from yesterday. My first travel day was devoid of much conversation, as I wrote about in the last post. But man, things changed on the secondContinue Reading
Rediscovering Human Connection in the Digital Age
I sat in the airport yesterday for 7 hours, and had a total of 3 conversations. I was among approximately 150 people. I had two conversations with the gate attendants. They frantically tried to get me an alternative flight because I volunteered to be bumped due to a weight restriction.Continue Reading
I’m A Gold-Digger
Yep. I’m heading on a three week trip to Arkansas, with a road trip to Colorado, where I intend to pan for gold. Today’s a travel day, so the flurry of activity getting ready for a long trip almost trumped getting my post written this morning, but I found aContinue Reading
Embracing Change: Life Lessons from 58 Years
If a photo is worth a thousand words, here’s 20,000 words of personal evolution over the course of 58 years. The top row is the story of my beginnings. I was born with a cone head. My father said it scared him to death when we first met, but myContinue Reading
Human Design: Leadership and Dreams
I’m a Human Design Guide, and I’m starting a simple weekly series here. Each Monday, I’ll share the current Human Design transit of the Sun and Earth, and how I’m personally noticing it show up in real life. Human Design helps us tune into both our own natural rhythm andContinue Reading
Life Lessons from Baseball: The Journey to Home
I love baseball. You know why? It’s life. When the hero leaves home plate and makes the journey around the bases, with others trying to take him out, it feels great to watch him slide into home base, triumphant in his return. We’re all runners trying to make it backContinue Reading
Leaving Etsy: My Journey to Squarespace
I’ve been with Etsy as a marketplace to sell my jewelry for 14 years. But it’s time to transition off of that venue and build out my product line on Squarespace. Etsy has been a wonderful place to sell my work for a long time, but since they went public,Continue Reading