With the scent of a new year on the winds, we resolve to change a few things so that life will be so.much.better. New Year’s Resolutions sound really good while the champagne is going down, but then we wake up with a reality hangover and say, “I promised WHAT?!” Because research shows that only 8…
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Unpack Before You Pack
The last three years I’ve been a nomad Mermaid. I’ve moved three times in addition to going back and forth between my current home and that of my husband’s while we wait for his house to sell and we can buy a house and live together full-time – with room for my kids. So you…
Get Out: Yoga on the Water
Yoga is the practice of spiritual, mental and physical awareness on the body and opening up the chakras – energy centers – for relaxation and transformation. I’ve never attended a yoga class except online (I recommend Yoga with Adrienne) and prefer to start my day with yoga outside on my deck, with the sunrise salutation…
Get Real: What does living with intention mean?
After I set this year’s theme to “live with intention” with the call to action to “get real”, I found the following poem from Mary Anne Radmacher whose book is actually called, “Live with Intention.” Obviously, I’m meant to share it with you. Even if all we did was live by this poem, we’d be in…
Surviving Life in the Pause
I’m one of those freaks of nature who thrive on a long, challenging to-do list, big dreams and metrics of success. I’m Type A learning how to be A-B. Which means it’s harder for me to live in the Pause. What’s the Pause? The wait. The stillness. The time between the big things happening. The…
The space between the storms
Note: wrote this post last week on vacation. Publishing now. Miranda Lambert accompanies me as I sit in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows at the Marriott airport hotel in Nashville, just hours before I’ll head back home to Oklahoma – a place Miranda also calls home. I titled this post when I was 20,000 feet…
Six reasons to fully experience the experience. #creativity #mojo
What does “experience” have to do with increasing creativity and mojo? I don’t mean experience in the past-tense as a cumulative effort, but the present moment. Right now, fully feeling whatever experience you’re going through and being fully present when you’re experiencing that moment. Your mind isn’t back in your work day or fast-forwarded to…
Is JOY on your True Do list?
Standing in front of sixty business people last week, a familiar friend surfaced. She visited again as I sailed down the hill in my neighborhood on my bike, just feet behind my 7 year-old. Even more surprisingly, she showed up yesterday afternoon in downtown Edmond while I stood with a camera in front of two…
Improving Your Web Appeal
The hardest part about writing a weekly blog is deciding on one thing to talk about. In one week so much happens that I decided to add a Cool Stuff section at the end to include the things I feel are noteworthy but might not go along with the theme of the week. I also…
The Clutter Manifesto
I firmly believe the Universe whispers and if you don’t hear it, shouts. A few shout-y moments for me this week, primarily from technology: On my iPhone, “You do not have enough storage to take that picture.” (What, 6,000 photos on my phone is too many?) On my old Mac, “You do not have enough…
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