Today I want to share an exercise I discovered and quickly fell in love with last month. It is short, taking no more than a minute or two; it provides an avenue to recognize gratitude, joy, and challenges; and as an added bonus, it makes for a great dinner conversation starter with family! It’s calledContinue reading “Rose, Bud, Thorn”
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First Steps
Months ago I wrote about my plan to resume my Walk to Mordor, a challenge I set for myself for the first time a few years ago and one that I enjoyed enough to commit to again. In the time between my commitment and the present moment many things happened, but a walking and hikingContinue reading “First Steps”
Book Review: Factfulness, by Hans Rosling
Everyone should read this book. I say this with complete conviction. I repeat it without hesitation. Everyone should read this book. If you are an eighteen-year old boy starting college in a few months, you should read this book. If you are a seventy-year old grandmother who loves going to baseball games, you should readContinue reading “Book Review: Factfulness, by Hans Rosling”
June Reset and July Joy
We often talk about “needing a reset button.” I am in agreement that we all, at certain points of the day, week, year, and lives need time to reset. It may be a moment, such as when we listen to that favorite song during our lunch break on a difficult Tuesday. It may extend throughContinue reading “June Reset and July Joy”
The Four-Month Word
I will be the first to say that a four-month word was not in my plan. My plan, of course, was a beautiful collection of twelve different words by the end of the year, each representing some virtue or practice I worked to incorporate within my life throughout the year. Rarely, however, does life proceedContinue reading “The Four-Month Word”
Challenging Negative Self-Talk
Author’s note: This is Part 2 in a pair of posts. I encourage reading Part 1 (My Friend Q) if you haven’t yet seen it! We live our lives largely unaware of the constant internal monologue we hold with ourselves, and for most the voice inside our head speaks with both positivity and negativity, buildingContinue reading “Challenging Negative Self-Talk”
My Friend Q
I have a friend. She’s a lifelong friend—for the sake of this post, let’s call her Q. Q and I grew up together, and went to school together; we played as children together, and as adults we now work together. We’ve been roommates, living together, and to make a long story short, we are asContinue reading “My Friend Q”
The Walk to Mordor Begins (again)…
At the end of August 2015 I began my first “Walk to Mordor,” a 1,779 mile journey retracing the steps of Frodo and Sam as they traveled from the Shire to Mount Doom to destroy the One Ring. And by “retracing,” I mean counting the miles they traveled and tracking my own, while reading alongContinue reading “The Walk to Mordor Begins (again)…”
January’s One Word: Mindful
There are many people and organizations today that preach a shift away from resolutions in the New Year and towards large ideas: one word that will take you and guide you through the year. Some variations move towards three words for the year, or a phrase or mantra instead; the details vary, but the ideaContinue reading “January’s One Word: Mindful”
Pocono New Year’s Remembered
For the last two years my husband and I have struggled make plans for New Year’s Eve; the difficulty is twofold. First is the one that is most often joked about – that the older we get, the less we care about staying up until midnight to drink and party with the “young ‘uns.” AndContinue reading “Pocono New Year’s Remembered”
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