My Shelves Of Selves: Possessions As Placeholders For Possibilties

My Shelves Of Selves: Possessions As Placeholders For Possibilties

As I walked through my attic looking around at all my bins and boxes overflowing, I thought “my relationship with stuff is complicated”. I had a sense I was picking my way through the evidence of all my past and possible selves. The same boxes that were left there last year after I had a…

Unsilencing the ‘Good Girl”: My Struggle with Authentic Visibility on Digital Platforms
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Unsilencing the ‘Good Girl”: My Struggle with Authentic Visibility on Digital Platforms

As a person who has an online presence and blog, I’ve taken and watched these workshops led by the leaders in the field of online leadership. Online marketing guru Seth Godin knows what it takes to succeed online and it’s formulaic. I took notes, screenshots, and saved it all in my head. But there’s always…

The Lullful Feeling of Being Between Zones
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The Lullful Feeling of Being Between Zones

Today’s story is that I feel Lullful. Between zones. Like that month-long week before you give birth to your baby when nothing’s happening yet and everyone stops calling because they must think they’re going to interrupt something. But it’s me that’s not calling me. I’m not thinking too deeply about much, I’m enjoying being and…

My Remarkable Repertoire of Life Changing Anxiety Reducing Choices
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My Remarkable Repertoire of Life Changing Anxiety Reducing Choices

As I am fast approaching another birthday, I want to stand and acknowledge how this year of being 57 and honoring myself has changed me. This year had me taking back my power with a sense of entitlement and ferociousness my younger self may recognize but has forgotten. I was busily building back the self-love…

There’s No Place Like Home After Vacation
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There’s No Place Like Home After Vacation

I have a love/hate relationship with vacations. While my husband has fabulous memories of singing Kumbaya around beach campfires with numerous cousins, I have one memory of my family camping and there was yelling involved. My childhood vacations meant sleeping on uncomfortable beds at relative’s houses so the parents could get a break from parenting….

My Quiet Revolution of Care: Reshaping Humanity from My Home
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My Quiet Revolution of Care: Reshaping Humanity from My Home

As a woman, there are many unspoken jobs that I perform. I manage our family life’s seasonal rhythms and set the stage, tone, and table for celebrations and vacations. I am the listener, teacher, and translator as each family member needs a differential learning approach. I need to understand how to communicate with each in…