Lessons in Personal Mastery

Finding myself in the Caribbean Sea

We’re on a sail boat in the Caribbean Sea, off the shore of Vieques, the day is windy and the water is a little choppy. It’s a beautiful day for sailing and I’m surrounded by the best of humans, starting… Read more >

Patience+Grace

It’s been a long road, far longer than I expected. My therapist consistently reminds me that I need to give my body the grace to heal and have patience with the process. Fuck! With that in mind, this long road… Read more >

Champagne Friday

I’m a goal centered person. I like to know what the end is and what success looks like. This mindset is a challenge given the health challenges that have found me. Today I’m thinking about how to shift that mindset…. Read more >

Escape

You can escape, but you can’t escape reality. We have been talking about working from our family home in Vermont, during the fall, for a year now. At times I was emphatic about it. But as the fall approached, I… Read more >

When you think you know what you should be afraid of…

You can read this blog or know me a little and know I’ve had some loss. Andy has had some loss. These losses have certainly helped shape my adult life in a couple of ways. I’m a little terrified of… Read more >

Bandaids

We always learn from life, from good and bad situations. We do other things too, especially with the difficult situations. Today I’m talking about those “bandaids.” We lost our bitchy but loved lab Maggie in January. She died from cancer… Read more >

No Self-Sabotage…

I tell myself the same story, every day…tomorrow will be different, tomorrow I’ll do it, tomorrow… I was sitting with my SO enjoying one of the last cocktails of 2018, discussing resolutions, intentions and thinking about 2019. He was musing… Read more >

BigLifeLove Manifesto

As my children are getting older and starting to experience first romantic love, that first emotional and physical connection, that first everything, I keep thinking about what I want them to know about love. What are lessons I learned through… Read more >

Practice not perfection…

I PRACTICE yoga 3 days a week . I’ve always appreciated that it’s a yoga practice. There is no perfect in yoga. There is only a desire to improve yourself each practice. Some days I am better, stronger, more balanced…. Read more >