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Sep 14, 20143 min read
Day 172: Sources of fulfillment
Reading the book makes me excited to get started helping people to help themselves. I stumbled upon this quote today… “As long as we...
Sep 13, 20141 min read
Day 171: Falling into the chill
Summer used to be my favorite season. I think that’s because it meant no school…or at least a long break…or days spent by the pool. As...
Sep 12, 20142 min read
Day 170: The chameleon effect
Princess Grace stopped by today to discuss logos and as she was leaving she shared a realization she’d had the other day. “You’re a...
Sep 11, 20146 min read
Day 169: A blow to the ego
What I saw was a couple that was clearly arguing as they made their way to the elevator. It’s probably safe to assume that alcohol was...
Sep 10, 20142 min read
Day 168: Relax into the discomfort
It’s funny how life works…how people come into your life…how words pop into your brain and out your mouth…how messages reveal themselves...
Sep 9, 20141 min read
Day 167: Quiet, please
It’s the last thing I see each night and the first thing I see each morning. And the one thought I carry around with me all day....
Sep 8, 20142 min read
Day 166: There’s always enough time in the day
Turns out I probably always will but part of the key to managing the drive…the push to do more…is to remember that “there’s always enough...
Sep 7, 20142 min read
Day 165: Tuning into the body
What I have had time to do, though, is sit with each to see how I felt about it…and due to the time constraints, I’ve had to let my body...
Sep 6, 20142 min read
Day 164: Learning to combat anger with love
I’ve been stuck in the latter for the past couple of days. No specific reason why…I mean there were little things that didn’t exactly go...
Sep 5, 20143 min read
Day 163: The best way to release the trigger is to trigger it until it’s no longer a trigger
His love was unattainable. I know this because I spent my childhood trying to attain it. I tried every angle I could think of as a...
Sep 4, 20142 min read
Day 162: Joan Rivers…I love her for all of it
She laughed at her owns jokes. She was crass. She swore like a sailor. She talked about things that are supposed to be taboo. She was...
Sep 3, 20143 min read
Day 161: Time to create a new cult-ure
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10152687483099769 Growing up on a farm in northern Indiana, surrounded by white people, my only...
Sep 2, 20142 min read
Day 160: It’s a new life for me…
….and I’m feeling good. 160 days ago I left my job. I told everyone I was retiring…and that’s what I did. I retired from my old job…from...
Sep 1, 20143 min read
Day 159: No such thing as failure
Teaching SUP yoga has allowed me a vantage point that I’ve never been exposed to before. So many of my students come with limited paddle...
Aug 31, 20142 min read
Day 158: When the teacher becomes the student
That trigger made me stop and think about the things I’d been saying to my students. I’d been telling them to… “Tap into the feminine...
Aug 30, 20142 min read
Day 157: Going with the flow
I started to take the weather personally. I mean, this is the first summer teaching SUP yoga and it’s been the coolest and wettest in...
Aug 29, 20142 min read
Day 156: When I grow up
She’d walk into the class and always set up at the back of the room. Quietly making her way through her practice. At the end of class,...
Aug 28, 20142 min read
Day 155: A lifestyle portfolio
It’s no secret that I’ve been a little cranky with myself for the amount of stuff I’m juggling. Having gotten a major task off my to do...
Aug 27, 20142 min read
Day 154: Tattooed heart ache
Regardless of the timing, I was a little excited to get my touch up because I was also planning to start discussing my next tattoo. I...
Aug 26, 20142 min read
Day 153: Looking for a new vantage point
Sometimes I just need a break. And when I don’t listen, the body finally takes over and makes it impossible for me to ignore it. That...
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