We left the rainy, cold Oregon coast at the beginning of January, expecting to do a quick, four day drive down to Morro Bay, enjoy a week of fresh fish, friends and birding, then head to the Salton Sea, south of Palm Springs for the month of February. But the west coast experienced some of the biggest wettest storms in history, which changed...
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Last week we were still in Montana, awaiting a fix on a faulty tire sensor on our tow vehicle. We spent the night in the Walmart parking lot with a dozen other motor homers, and chatted with a young couple traveling across the country in an SUV, visiting every National Park. On Wednesday at noon, we finally hitched the car and headed west. It...
Read MoreThe Wisdoms of Cupcake Laurie Foley
My friend Laurie is dying. While I have lost two childhood friends to cancer, Laurie is the first friend who I have walked the path with, even if it has been mostly virtually. I met Laurie Foley online in 2012 through a network of Martha Beck coaches. She was a branding expert with a very smart blog that helped me see new possibilities for marketing...
Read MoreWhy It’s Good to (Sometimes) Be Selfish
All around me people are rushing and hurrying, taking care of people and things and the heavy worlds on their shoulders. And they are tired and cranky and wondering why all of this giving and doing doesn’t feel very good. Maybe because they are tired. Sore. Overwhelmed. Maybe because they are forgetting to take care of themselves…. When did the...
Read MoreSeeing Through the Heart
“Seeing Through the Heart” by Colorful Blac Recently, a coaching client was having trouble seeing the amazing shifts in her life. She could only see that she is still at the same job, her house is not remodeled, the yard is still not planted. I asked her to look with her heart, instead of her eyes. Suddenly she could see so many changes in...
Read MoreCircus Yoga: Learning To Fly
Community. Collaboration. The power of a group. These are some of my favorite concepts. It’s more than the idea that one hundred people working together can accomplish more than a single person. What excites me about collaboration is the energy and power of diverse people coming together with different skills, different ideas and different ways of...
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