I never had an interest in reaching a super old age. Growing up, I didn’t have anybody in my family who lived to be 100, or anything close to it. On the contrary, most of the men in our...
Elderhood Inspirations
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Permission: The Too-Often Locked Gate to Self-Compassion and Celebration
Why is it so hard to acknowledge that we have made progress of some kind? Stepping back even further, why is it so hard to even direct positive wishes towards ourselves? After practicing...
Gratitude Bicep Curls Just in Time for Thanksgiving
It’s the day before Thanksgiving. I’m sitting in my kitchen window seat with my morning ritual breakfast of steel cut oats and blueberries, steaming mug of coffee on the table beside me....
Damselwings Photography Art Show and BRAWS Fundraiser This Saturday
Greetings! In my last newsletter a few weeks ago, I laid out the super busy fall I had ahead of me, adding that I wasn’t sure how my blog schedule would be impacted. As I suspected,...
Video Substitute for Blog – New Product Sneak Peek
Trying something a little different this week given that my travel and training schedule (in the midst of my 30-Day Mindfulness Meditation Challenge program) has left little time for blog...
A Mindful #MeToo Story
Greetings, friends. It’s been an emotional few weeks for many people, especially for those who have had past traumas bubble up to the surface after hearing Dr. Christine Blasey Ford’s...
Redwoods, Roots, and the Power of Connection
On my recent trip to the San Francisco Bay Area, my childhood friend Sue and I visited the old-growth redwood trees at Muir Woods National Monument. Redwoods have a lot to teach us Muir...
Pain, Emotional Contagion, and Empathic Distress
I’ve been thinking a lot about pain this past week. I’ve felt plenty of it too. I know I’m not the only one whose heart broke listening to the testimony of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford and...
Elton John: Mindfulness Teacher of the Week
“It’s time to come off the road so I can fully embrace the next chapter of my life.” ~ Elton John My blog schedule continues to be off by a couple of days, but everything happens for a...
Meet Who I Want to Be When I Grow Up — An Older, Wiser Martha
Greetings from sunny California, where I have been planted the past week for the final in-person training session of my Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute teacher certification...
Dahlia Transitions
As my house has emptied of kids over the past couple of weeks, the dahlias unfolding in my garden remind me how beautiful transitions are. New beginnings hold magic and potential. I'll let...
When Light Shines Through Grief
This morning I journaled about the grief I am experiencing as my eldest packs up his bedroom to move to his new apartment this weekend. He starts his first post-college job on...