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Sometimes, after a race, people will ask me what my time was. They want to know the number. I keep a record of them all because I try to beat myself. I’ll send you all my times. But here’s the thing: What are you going to do with the numbers? Why do you want to…

After a day of work, I was standing at my kitchen counter feeling exhausted and contemplating a glass of Merlot at 5pm. It was happy hour, right? It was an acceptable time to start drinking, right? Then I thought to check my Fitbit, one of my favorite things. It told me I’d only walked about…

My mother used to be one knockout of a secretary in New York City who typed as fast as a hurricane, stayed one step ahead of everyone in the office, and deployed pantyhose and high heels and eyelash flutters to her utmost benefit. When she was working, every time she changed jobs, they had to…

This past weekend, I went for a hike in a place called Neff’s Canyon, and, although I love hiking, this particular trail kind of annoys me. Why do I go? I’m always happy when I’m done. But this time, I decided to practice patience and see if I could enjoy the whole journey. You get…

My friend has a mother with dementia that lives in assisted living. At times, her mother has intense moments of fear and distress because she doesn’t know why she is living at the assisted living place. She cries and demands that she needs to pack her bags and go home. You would think that at…

All right now, let’s turn it up Everyday do like a flower does The sun it rises and she opens up The sun it rises and she sings – Sean Hayes There is a rose bush in my backyard that I stare at before closing my eyes for my ten-minute meditations. It is wild and…

Last summer, when I was getting certified as a life coach, two of my teachers were talking about how they’d given up alcohol for 90 days, and they were recommending it. They claimed they were happier. It blew my mind. I thought Noooooooooo! How can they do that? I hope they don’t make us do…

One of my first novel reviewers really enjoyed my story, and she advised me to publish it as soon as I could. She told me her father had written several novels and they never left his shelf. He wasn’t ready to share. He wasn’t ready to try. I can relate. I’m not sure I’m ready…

Ok, I admit it, I put sexy in the title to get your attention. We’re going to get there, but first let me tell you about my week. My school year is wrapping up with lots of work, meetings, and events. At a recent meeting with my coworkers, after we had discussed several stressful topics…

“How do you keep your feet on the ground when you know that you were born to fly?” – Darrell Scott Today, in yoga class, I flew. I wasn’t expecting that. In fact, a few things were not going as expected. When I walked into class this morning, there was a substitute teacher instead of…