What to consider? Time and what you do with it. October, Fall, fourth quarter- all perfect times to change up your routines, schedule and life. A new season brings new opportunities and invites you to embrace them to create something that really fits not only the actual season, but also your season of life. This … Continued
The calendar says a new season is beginning– summer flew by and now fall is upon us. We know when a new season is coming by looking at the calendar, here in Vermont, it has been very easy to feel it coming, as well. The seasons, if we follow them, can be guides to different … Continued
As I take a very thorough amount of time going through my notes, lists, writings and thinking about my whole experience, 10 things rise to the top of my biggest takeaways. Consider how to and take time to plan and create even more space in my schedule. Just plain space and the space for beauty, … Continued
What a great month it has been! This is year four of my tradition and I am doing better each year. I went into the month having some broad ideas of what I wanted to experience. New and old places, experiences, people. I was open to breakthroughs and aha’s. I got out of my habitual … Continued
Yesterday while attending Live2Lead in Orlando, Florida, I had the opportunity to watch my friend, co-teacher and coach deliver her first talk on her new book The Rules of Resilience. This is Valorie Burton’s 14th book and it is so full of wisdom through life, study and research- the best possible combination, to me. As … Continued
Filling your own cup- it’s a phrase we hear often. Getting depleted from time to time seems to be a fact of human life. Catching it before it goes too far is a good idea! If you catch yourself needing replenishing, you want to stop and take break- maybe a few hours, maybe a day … Continued
The concept of Think Week evolved out of Bill Gates’ Reading Weeks, two weeks per year he would take alone to only read- away from any tech, food delivered to him in a remote cabin. I encourage you to think about how you could adapt this idea to your current season of life. Any time … Continued
This past Monday I was walking the grounds of a place I love- The Shelburne Museum, only a short drive of my home. It’s a beautiful place where I visit priceless, acclaimed works of art- truly special. A room containing several Monets, for instance. As I walked around feeling so glad to be there, I … Continued
There’s a good chunk of summer left- what would it mean to elevate the space you have created, maybe from taking a vacation from anger or other related emotions (see last week’s blog post), or other space that has opened up this summer? No space opened up? Traded another season’s busyness for summer busyness? This … Continued
Anger is something we are hearing a lot more about these days (and likely witnessing, too), and most of us are feeling more anger than we used to. Whether we are directly angry with something or someone in particular, or just feeling the energy of it from sources around us, anger is in the air. … Continued