Although I worked for 5 years in a school that had a Jan-Dec school year, August always feels like the start of a new school year for me. I like making resolutions as the summer draws to a close, uniforms are ironed and pencils sharpened. As the light turns golden there is a freshness inContinue reading “Welcome home”
Category Archives: Ideas
Energy, recently.
Trust me I don’t understand Physics, in fact, the last time I took Physics I was 14 and it never made sense to me. But I do understand that energy is the source of life and that energy begets energy. There are so many ways that energy shows up and down in our life. YesContinue reading “Energy, recently.”
Swimming Lessons
My relationship with exercise is complicated. Exercise and I, we break up. A lot. It loves me, I don’t reciprocate the love. Yet I can’t ignore the immense value that moving gives my mental health, not to mention the love it gives my heart. I have had a pretty consistent walking habit, I did CouchContinue reading “Swimming Lessons”
Nostalgia
I have a daughter who used to find sunsets painful. Recently, sitting in a yoga studio with the sunbeams dancing across the polished wooden floor, she had the same feeling. It felt like all the joy and sadness got twisted into a little ball in her chest. Sometimes when I flash back to a placeContinue reading “Nostalgia”
Courage
Courage, oh you brave lion heart. Where would we be without it? Where could we be with it? A common coaching question is: What would you do if you had no fear? Easy to ask, hard to imagine. The idea, of course, is that you will see that it is only fear that gets inContinue reading “Courage”
Chasing Awe
A few weeks ago I wrote about our complex relationship with time. I wrote about how we are rushing, running and scrolling through our days and often resisting the discomfort of just sitting with the unease, the quiet, and the often too-slow track of long days. Today I want to continue that discussion but thisContinue reading “Chasing Awe”
Our complex relationship with time
Dr. Susan David has said, many times, that growth only happens with discomfort. So being uncomfortable is the breeding ground for change. I have been thinking about this concept a lot recently as I have been sitting with my own discomfort in this strange period of transition. Last December I left my full time job,Continue reading “Our complex relationship with time”
Change
Two things can be true at the same time. You can feel sad and excited, you can grieve and feel relief, you can love two people, you can wish the best for a person and mourn their leaving, you can feel alone and married, you can be scared and over-the-moon-can’t- wait-excited. Many things can beContinue reading “Change”
Lessons from photography
All that happens to us, including our humiliations, our misfortunes, our embarrassment, all is given to us as raw material, as clay so that we may shape our art. Jorge Luis Borges It is with my camera that I see and capture the world. With my camera I beat time, freeze the present, preserve theContinue reading “Lessons from photography”
Motivation
I am goal orientated. I love to stand at the bottom of the mountain, look up and start to climb. It is hard to get going and I might procrastinate for weeks or even months until I take the first step, knowing that when I do so I won’t stop until I am done. AndContinue reading “Motivation”
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