As the pandemic descended around us, I stopped running and took stock in my life and priorities. I also had the good fortune of having a long-term consulting gig at a movie company end at nearly the same time, so I was free to figure out my next life steps. I realized...
(Photo by cristianl for Getty Images Signature in Canva Pro) The biggest influence in my life is His Holiness The XIV Dalai Lama. I first saw him at a teaching in Washington, DC, in 1998. I walked into the venue angry and closed off. I left transformed. I had such a...
Helloooooo from New Mexico I’m overwhelmed. Do you ever feel like the world is coming down around you? That you have so much work to do that you feel dizzy thinking about it? That’s where I’m at right now. I’m at a point where I can’t even look at my To Do list....
Thea Design for Getty Images in Canva Pro This is the last in the series on creating change in your life. This week we’ll look at the third aspect – being still. If you missed the other articles, you can catch up with “On Being a Writer,” the...
(Photo by svetkid from Getty Images Signature for Canva Pro) I admit it. I’m not too fond of the November/December holidays. I hate the materialism and pressure to have a great time. I detest Christmas music so much that I stay out of stores as much as possible....
Welcome to the second installment of “How To Create Personal Change,” part of the “On Being a Writer” series (though you don’t have to be a writer to relate). As I mentioned last week, there were three steps that helped me get to a...