Happy New Year! I hope all of you are staying warm and safe during the crazy cold snap that much of the United States is experiencing. I’m looking out at my frozen garden as I write, more...
My 2018 Goals
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Mindful Skiing and Other Reflections on 2017
Greetings friends! I stepped off the grid to be present with my loved ones over the holidays. We took the week before Christmas to visit family and ski at Whistler, British Columbia,...
Meditation: An Antidote To Stressful News
I made the mistake this morning of looking at Facebook before I meditated. As with every “mistake,” a lesson awaited. I had decided to take a day off from my usual 20-minutes of meditating...
The Space Between Breaths: A Place of Presence, Clarity, and Potential
My favorite place during meditation is the space between breaths. When you sit in silence, even the breath can sound loud. The space between breaths is utterly still, but somehow deeply...
Thanksgiving Gratitude for This Moment’s Abundance
My college kids came home last night. After a bustle of activity this morning, everyone dispersed in various directions – job interview, haircut, and a run (the latter undertaken by the...
Mindful Holiday Management: Take Yourself Off of Auto Pilot
When I was growing up, my recollection is that Christmas decorations didn’t go up until Thanksgiving. That may or may not be true, but I know that over the course of the last three or four...
New Mailing List for Damselwings Photography Online Shop
Greetings, friends! Since giving you a sneak peek of my Damselwings Photography online shop a while back, I've been working hard behind the scenes to make it ready for prime time. Though...
Holiday Stress? Here’s How to Just Say No!
What emotional response do you have when you hear the first Christmas song on the radio or find the first red and green or snowflake-patterned holiday decorations at the store? Does a...
Stretching My Playfulness Muscles
Playfulness is good for you. So many sources have delivered this message to me over the years that I’ve lost count. Julia Cameron in The Artist’s Way, mindfulness teachers ranging from the...
Why METAvivor.Org Deserves Our Support This October
This week's post is a reprint of a piece I wrote last October, updated to reflect the means by which I plan to support METAvivor.org in 2017. Breast cancer hasn't gone away, nor has the...
New Photography Award Winner (And New Product Sneak Peak)!
How do you like my newest photography award winner, Hibiscus Abstract Sepia? When I was notified a couple of weeks ago that my entry had won the “Abstracts of Nature” category in the 2017...
Why An Accountability Buddy Is a Mindfulness Tool
Have you ever collaborated with an accountability buddy? I wrote about this in a 2015 series on rebooting healthy, soul-feeding habits in my life (see How an Accountability Buddy Can Turn...