The Weight of Stuff
I grew up going to garage sales with my mom. She is an expert scanner. She would go to the junkiest garage sale and spot an antique or...
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Field Notes
Jul 19, 2023
Create the Conditions for Transformation
I ate a lot of roughage this past weekend. I took a weekend course at the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health in western Massachusetts. ...
Jul 5, 2023
You Can't Have One Without The Other
Can you summon the tune to that old Frank Sinatra ditty 🎶You can’t have one without the other? 🎶 Sinatra was referring to love and...
Jul 4, 2023
Are You Your Future Self?
I feel a certain pride when my clients geek out on their "Future Self." So imagine my excitement when they were chatting about the recent...
Jun 26, 2023
Turning toward home to find belonging
Belonging is a basic human need, just after food and shelter, and safety and security. We can understand how our sense of safety and...
Jun 14, 2023
Take the wheel from perfection
Do you chastise yourself when you make a mistake? Do you blame circumstances or other people for your missteps, faulty calculations,...
May 30, 2023
Tangled
“Oh what a tangled web we weave/ When first we practice to deceive” Sir Walter Scott I love me some 19th century English poetry! The...
May 24, 2023
Softening Control
It does feel good to relinquish control, doesn't it? When you loosen the reins after a long, hard effort, you actually feel a softening....
May 17, 2023
Everything, Everywhere, All at Once
This time of year it seems as if Everything is Happening Everywhere All at Once. This morning I found myself wanting to keep to my agenda...
May 5, 2023
Stay Open
Do you find yourself shutting down creative ideas outright? Responding reflexively with, “No that won’t work.” Is it difficult for you...
Apr 25, 2023
Failure is Part of the Deal
I am approaching the end of a ten-month book writing process for Braving Creativity and my fears are right by my side. My fear of...
Apr 18, 2023
OOPS!
I know I am not alone when I say I often experience overwhelm. It is the NUMBER ONE obstacle we encounter when we start to stretch and...
Apr 17, 2023
Staying Ready
Readiness is defined as “the state of being fully prepared for something.” A choreographer I interviewed for the book describes her...
Apr 4, 2023
RENEWAL
You’ve felt it. 🌱 If you live in the north east, the warm breeze of early spring awakened something in you this past week, didn’t it?...
Mar 28, 2023
Being Resourced
I'll admit it, travel hockey is not something I participate in with bells on . . . at least not always. For four days last week, my son...
Mar 21, 2023
Liberate Your Gold
I want you to find the gold. Not money (not yet anyway), but the gold inside of you. You know - that bright solid gold goodness that is...
Mar 21, 2023
What Do You Stand For?
The philosopher and Roman emperor, Marcus Aurelius said, “The impediment to action advances the action. What stands in the way becomes...
Mar 8, 2023
Blame into Grief
I had a strange few days last week. I felt grief very strongly, which is not so typical anymore. I wanted to attribute a cause to it. I...
Mar 5, 2023
Body Resonant Language
Language is one our most powerful personal growth tools. But it isn't just with our words that we communicate. Artists and creatives...
Feb 26, 2023
Guest on Literacy LandscapePodcast
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2m2s9i5zHEDwQnGhwvqr86?si=85701d233fce4fdc Johanna Tramantano 0:01 I'm so happy to have you on today....
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