my flotation pod. Yep, we've talked floating before. Yep I thought I'd not return. Yep I returned for some holiday, silent de-stress time. Yep it was amazing. As a parent human it can seem we don't get enough alone time. Enough silence. On top of that I've begun sleeping with a four legged friend. Not the best idea, but everyone else kicked him out of their room. I cannot look at ... Continue Reading
Our Santa Tradition.
In the second batch of photos we received of our daughter (8 days after she was born) she was in Santa's arms. As secular Jews we found this a little funny, but coupled with the fact she appeared to be sleeping whilst holding up her finger as if to say I'm number one!! we decided the entire thing was hilarious. And a tradition was born. A tradition that most likely would never have been ... Continue Reading
4 ways to make transitions less terrifying.
Change is unavoidable. Some seek it. Most tolerate it (and would avoid if we could). Others are so terrified by it we choose to remain stuck in unhappy circumstances (aka the pain we know) to avoid transitions to new ones (the pain we don't). Change is beyond our control. The manner in which we approach transition to change is not. Even during situations where shifts feel scary we ... Continue Reading
How to receive the encouragement you need.
click the rock! click the rock! For years I thought I knew the sort of encouragement I needed from others. For years I grew annoyed with others for failing to offer me what I needed. After years I finally realized I'd neither defined for myself what propelled me forward nor had I considered how I'd prefer to receive the motivational-missives I desired. I'm over at LiveStrong today ... Continue Reading
4 steps to intuitive living.
intuitive living is sometimes street-yoga. Ive blogged for a million years & penned a bazillion posts. Even with all my prolific'nessment (<---technical term) and rebranding there are two posts I'm most frequently asked about: intuitive eating and intuitive exercising. Readers are consistently curious about the steps I took to relinquish control and learn to trust myself. Yes I ... Continue Reading
I dont see color.
This post has languished in drafts for a while. I'd work on it, the words wouldn't flow or feel timely, I'd save the snippet I'd crafted hoping eventually I'd feel a sense of urgency to complete it. I'd resurrect the draft when well-meaning friends remarked they don't think of the Child as adopted because they don't see color. I'd tweak some sentences when I'd recall the very recent past ... Continue Reading
Choosing CAREfrontation over confrontation.
two grownups out on the conference circuit. A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to speak at the Texas Conference for Women. (Total life-goal bucket-list moment, but that's a different post for another day.) As I'd expected the women I met were inspiring, community-builders. As I'd hoped Amal Clooney was an unbelievable speaker whose experiences helping women enslaved by ISIS left me ... Continue Reading
Time is a finite resource.
photo credit michelle hammons. Today the Child turns eleven which, again, has me pondering the larger stuffs in life. Things like the making of money and acquiring of material items. Sure they're both nice, but if I lose some/you steal them I can make or buy more. Time is my most precious resource. ... Continue Reading
The POWER of the personal catchphrase.
click my tee! click my tee! Lately my personal catchphrase has been more I can't adult today than a pithy piece of inspirational word-weaving. I desperately need a new one. I'm over at Live Strong reminding myself of that fact & explaining to you how it's done. Join me? ... Continue Reading
What do you want to be thanked for?
ahhh motherhood. a thankless job? We, the royal-human-race we, talk a lot about gratitude. Finding it, sharing it, showing it, making time every damn day to write it down so we don't miss experiencing it. I'm all about that. As a parent I believe it's pivotal to practice not preach the act of being thankful for what we have. As a human I know gratitude is crucial for my health as its ... Continue Reading
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