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The picture above is of me at approximately 29 years old. Two of my daughters are with me outside the daily newspaper where I worked—my oldest daughter is probably inside the building, chatting up the reporters in the newsroom. My youngest daughter recently posted it on her Instagram (she’s the baby in the picture). She is currently 29; her older sisters 30 and 34, respectively. What follows is a bit of introspection and work-in-progress exposition for my next book. I…..
Take a look at the people you’ve chosen to surround yourself with—are there people from your childhood who no longer align with your goals or beliefs? Do you spend time with work colleagues who stifle your spirit? Is your circle of friends supportive and encouraging? There’s an extremely effective sorting statement you can apply to your relationships that will begin to shift the energy of the individuals in your orbit: “If someone is not nourishing you, they are draining you.”…..
As you take steps to cultivate resilience, it helps to have examples of perseverance, courage and successes to keep yourself motivated. The road to your goals can be lonely sometimes. Count on it. For those times when my real-world cheerleaders are sparse, I rely on the celluloid choir that lives in the movies. Whenever I feel down and out, I can cue up any one of these seven films listed below and be instantly reminded that the struggle is worth…..
I have been contemplating the shape and tenor of this blog. There are so many perspectives to who I am and what I can offer. If you’re familiar with the poet Walt Whitman, you’ll understand what I mean when I say, ‘I contain multitudes’ (as do we all). It has been challenging for me to determine how best to assemble my various multitudes in a way that is meaningful and helpful to others. I spent some time this week writing,…..
When your life is topsy-turvy and upside town, consider it as an opportunity to start afresh or perform course correction. Dr. Seuss is a master of the whimsical, so today, I thought I’d share some of my favorite quotes of his. I was born with a congenital heart defect, and so I spent a LOT of time in hospitals until I had, at age five, the final open heart surgery operation, Tetralogy of Fallot, that corrected my malformed ticker. With…..