Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer is more than a story about a reindeer born with a deformity (a glowing red nose) that ends up saving Christmas. It’s a metaphor for misfits everywhere. Along with Mary Poppins and the Wizard of Oz, Rudolph has spiritual meaning we can apply to our journey. Hermey: [musically] Why am I…
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Get Happy Week 6: Dark to Light
Getting Happy isn’t focusing on the good stuff or “seeing the bright side.” While that helps, it’s important to get to the deepest part of our core, which means embracing pain and darkness as a foundation for true inner happiness. In my Solo Camping post, I talked about the book Learning to Walk in the Dark in…
Something New and something really new
Is there a time of year you’re most creative? A lot is written about the time of day we’re most creative (the brain seems like the 9-11 a.m. slot), but what about time of year? Place? Summer definitely slows down my creative output. It’s not that I don’t get new ideas, but with my current…
True Do Track for living a You-Full 2013
For the Type A among us, a to-do list feels as automatic as brushing our teeth or blinking. So with that in mind, I created a True Do Track for my readers to join me in trying to live our best year yet. Less stress. Less drama. More fun. More adventure. More authentic relationships and…
Understanding Grief
I woke up at 5:42 a.m. crying. I don’t remember if I dreamed, and I’m thankful I slept. I’ve gone to the dark place again, which is a short walk for me, just underneath the surface. I try to keep the door to this place closed and locked, but it opens on its own, turned…
Next Big Thing Part 2: Hope Floats
I’ve been tagged by screenwriter and mystery novelist Jamie Livingston (aka Jamie Lee Scott) on the Next Big Thing blog tour. Even better, she’s coming to OKC tomorrow to screen her first short film based on her screenplay, “No One Knows,” and I get to see her! The last time I saw her was in…
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