This weekend my hubby, Nelson, and I visited Beaufort, SC. I love the coast! There’s something about it that makes me take deep, cleansing breaths. I love looking out over the marshes and watching the birds do their birdy things. Looking more closely, it’s delightful to watch the crabs scuttle around doing their crabby things. […]
Mindset
Retreat from the day-to-day crazies
I was sitting at Panera reading yesterday morning. It’s a habit of mine to find time each week to read a magazine or a book that has a business or philosphical focus. Helps my brain get out of “scanning” mode from too much email and social media. Reading printed material also makes my noggin’s neurons […]
Way, way in the weeds
A 500 square foot garden is a thing to behold – especially when it’s full of weeds and grass (grass is the worst!). Last week, with a final effortful push between my hubby Nelson and me, we finished weeding this nice-sized garden. And for the record, the last row was the WORST. We carefully weeded […]
Information without action
I don’t talk about this part of my life much, but it’s hugely important to my well-being and physical health. For almost five years, I’ve been seeing a chiropractor who practices a very different methodology called “Network Spinal Analysis” (NSA). It’s more of a form of energy and breath work than the standard pop and […]
The tangled web that’s weaved…
My hubby Nelson shared an insight he had over the weekend while he was out shooting photographs on the Blue Ridge Parkway. His class was focused on sunrises, sunsets, and macro photography of flowers. And I guess while he was shooting, something about the flowers reminded him of a spider web. This thinking of about […]
Soothing your “Inner Lizard” (hat tip to Martha Beck)
I was driving in to the city recently and listening to Steering By Starlight a book on tape when the narrator (author Martha Beck) said something so meaningful to me that I had to pull over and write it down. She was talking about her “Inner Lizard” – also known as our reptile or fear […]