Always Starting…The Art of Never Giving Up
Journal of a journey through life, true love and lessons learned along the way.
Photo by Anna Shvets on Pexels.com Today is the day, the start of a 5-day adventure into silence. What am I doing?!?! This crazy idea started back in May when talking to my therapist who shared with me that he had recently come back from a 7-day silent retreat out in Big Sur. He was... Continue Reading →
HBR article "In Praise of Extreme Moderation" spoke to me this morning. This is an article that will resonate with every one of us regardless of where we fall; moderate or extreme. It calls out the new norm of practicing extremism in all that we do. It calls out the “new” need to do everything... Continue Reading →
Photo by Monica Turlui on Pexels.com Who's to say what is right for you? I am learning that all of these lessons we learn along the way are simply ingredients to a classic recipe that we bake to represent our lives. The brands that work for us. The regimens that give us wellness. The jobs... Continue Reading →
Photo by Austin Chan on Unsplash How do we stop the chase? We start it almost from birth. We are motivated to chase development as we enter this world, benchmarked against other babies, toddlers and children until our physicality has reached its peak. The chase then changes lanes to the mental capacity of knowledge as... Continue Reading →
Overwhelmed without a plan to decide everything! Here is how I am overcoming “overwhelmed”. Wow, I pulled up this my treasured blog and realizing that it has been two months since I wrote anything and then realized that the final blog post was on my mom’s anniversary of her passing, more than two months ago.... Continue Reading →
I have the most overactive brain of anyone that I know. I am thinking all the time constantly going over and over every conversation, every emotion, every thought, every relationship, every bite of every food, everything!!! Nothing goes on without me overthinking the crap out of it!!! I am not certain where this comes from... Continue Reading →
Silence. The word elicits a response regardless of the emotion. When said out loud in exclamation it will quiet a room. When said in a whisper it will quiet the brain. It is something we long for and in other times something we run from. It is a word, a state of being, an emotion,... Continue Reading →
Day 29 prompt: Iyanla Vinzant states, "There is no greater battle in life than the battle between the parts of your that want to be healed and the parts of you that are comfortable and content remaining broken."What emotions does this statement evoke? What feels normal to you? My answer: This is a very fair... Continue Reading →
Day 26 prompt: How do you change your normal? Experiences? Role Models? Do you want to change it? Do you need to?How can you know these will change your normal for the better?Was there a time you sought or made a change that you realized was NOT for the better? My answer: I change my... Continue Reading →
Day 25 prompt: We perceive "normal" in the context of our own experiences. Someone who grew up with domestic abuse thinks that's normal until someone who experienced a life without abuse shows you that the state you are in is not "normal". What about your normal have you come to realize isn't or wasn't "normal"?... Continue Reading →
Always Starting...The Art of Never Giving Up 