Celebrating flaws…

Water Pot by mckaysavage, on flickr

A friend sent this to me and I thought that it is worth sharing An elderly Indian woman had two large pots, each hung on the ends of a pole which she carried across her neck. One of the pots had a crack in it while the other pot was perfect and always delivered a full… [Continue Reading]

Gifts to myself…

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I have to tell you, I do not need another SINGLE material possession! I have enough STUFF for 10 lifetimes! This year here is what I intend to wrap up and place under the tree… a deep remembering to Use all the colors in my paint box called life. Do my work without regret Work… [Continue Reading]

Donate the OLD to make space for the NEW

Donations by dccentralkitchen, on flickr

We are all going to be bringing in NEW STUFF into our already crowded lives and homes next week. Here are a few ways to make your used stuff be useful to others. www.SPORTSGIFT.ORG….. donate old sporting equipment. www.NIKEREUSEASHOE.COM… old gym shoes( can you say hold your nose?) www.PROJECTNIGHTNIGHT.ORG… ideas to help homeless children www.CHRISTINA.ORG…… [Continue Reading]

NO NO NO NO NO… how to hold to your NO and respect the other!

NO by supernintendo_chalmers, on flickr

OK, here it is. Early morning call from a company that I had sent in a BIO to. I sent in my info because the offer said ” NO PURCHASE REQUIRED!” The caller was delightful, she is from NY and so am I. She loves NY and so do I. She asked me lots of… [Continue Reading]

The A B C’s of my Life… what’s yours?

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Lets borrow a page from our days of NOT KNOWING MUCH, even the ABC’s and get out from the DAZE of THINKING WE KNOW SO MUCH lets re- learn our ABC’s A/ASSERTIVE B/BRAVE C/CURIOUS D/DYNAMIC E/EMPATHETIC F/FORGIVING G/GENEROUS H/HUMOROUS I/INSPIRATIONAL J/JOYFUL K/KIND L/LOVING M/MINDFUL N/NOURISHING O/OPTIMISTIC P/PASSIONATE Q/QUESTIONING R/REFLECTIVE S/STEADY T/TENACIOUS U/UPLIFTING V/VIBRANT W/WISE X/eXCITED… [Continue Reading]

A Peek into my Gratitude process

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I have used the MOLESKIN 12-pack calendar this whole year to make it easy for me to record the things that I am grateful for at the end of each day. These little books are small enough to travel with and IF it gets lost I am only losing about 1 month’s worth of items…. [Continue Reading]

WHEN IS THE TRUTH just another LIE?

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A Few years ago, while my children were in elementary school, one of my neighbors had a Christmas cookie exchange. This woman had just applied to our school for her daughter and had not been accepted. NOTICE I did not say rejected. NO ONE CAN REJECT YOU WITH OUT YOUR PERMISSION! As the evening progressed,… [Continue Reading]

HAPPY DIWALI… The festival of Light

Many Blessings to YOU

This past weekend was the Hindu festival of Diwali. I have a dear friend who knows much about her roots (unlike me!) and I asked her to send me the true meaning of this wonderful festival ( see below). As I was re educating myself with the True meaning of Diwali, I had many moments… [Continue Reading]

When PERFECTION bites you on the butt… kick it to the curb!

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Recently I had the great fortune to be a speaker at a woman’s day of wellness. I wanted to say a big Thank you to the women in the audience by giving away a month of coaching. I did not want a big production about the give away so as I was attaching my business… [Continue Reading]

Indrani, the Lexus salesman and my NY bitch…aren’t you curious?

Car Salesman by brianteutsch, on flickr

Ok How do I begin to tell the story of Me, the Lexus salesman and the emergence of my inner bitch? Sing this line as in the theme from Love Story, (LOL). Let me set the stage. My car ( a Lexus) was not behaving well and I took it in this morning for a… [Continue Reading]