I’ve read a lot of books about mindfulness, but my absolute favorite was just published by National Geographic in March – The Mindful Day: Practical Ways to Find Focus, Calm, and...
It's Saturday morning, a little late with my weekly post. I've been busy getting ready for the 30-Day Mindfulness Meditation Challenge that starts this Monday, July 2nd. "Getting ready"...
I’ve been home from our SE Asia trip for six days. I have yet to get through a whole day without a nap of some kind. I made it through a speaking event yesterday, but just barely. The...
I am SHOCKED to be sitting here at Dulles International Airport, waiting to board our flight to Malaysia to meet our son and his girlfriend on their college graduation trip. When Cody...
Hi folks! We just returned from a fabulous road trip to Atlanta to celebrate our eldest son's graduation from college. We were lucky enough to have 16 family members in the audience,...
At my recent Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute (SIYLI) teacher training session in San Francisco, I was lucky enough to share a hotel room with a Boston-based cohort member named...
Yesterday at 6:20 am, I was perched on the top level of a tall step ladder in the middle of my neighbor’s dogwood tree, literally going out on a limb. Fortunately I had asked permission...
I promised in last week’s post to reveal the personal gunk that churned up to the surface during my recent 10-Day Goenke Vipassana meditation course at Dhamma Delaware. As I said in Part 1...
My husband must be getting tired of hearing me answer the question, “What was it like at the 10-day silent meditation retreat?” My reply evolves in subtle ways with each passing day. My...
“Great bar conversation -- what is harder? A half marathon or staying quiet for 10 days? And how many people actually can answer that with any credibility?” A friend of mine posed this...
Close to 30 years ago, my friend Jenny told me she had gone to a silent meditation retreat. “What the hell? Why in the world would you do that?” I asked. Jenny and I hadn’t been in touch...
Today is finally the day to share my “dream come true” story, which I hinted at on Facebook and in last week’s newsletter. I wanted to be absolutely sure it was really happening before...