Atlanta has been having some awfully lovely sunsets, of late. The kind that stop you in your tracks, that stretch as far as you can see from edge to edge: salmons and blues, corals and pinks, bright gold and turquoise. Each a marvel this week. But I’ll tell you: one stopped me in my tracks. [...]
Risky Fingers~~
An innocent & very fun family game of backyard Touch Football, not too long ago, ended up being a) very laugh-filled and b) yielding for me a Hand Injury that surprised us all. Turns out, with every one of us taking turns going out for passes and running across the grass, the tendon in my left-hand [...]
The Risk of Living in the Unknown
Most of the time, I like to think and/or pretend that I have some sense of what’s going on in my life, not only right now but in the (at least) near future, as well. Lately, my life has reminded me, yet again, that I have no $&% clue! I am now in the process [...]
Opposites Attract
When I get stuck in a rut I like to call upon “the opposite” to shake things up. Some of the most profound rewards I’ve enjoyed in my life began as a feeling of tension between the pull of something new and discomforting vs. my comfy stuckness. Making a change involved first making a choice [...]
Removing Tolerances
It was recently brought to my attention that one of the things that distracts us from our fullest creative selves is the things we tolerate. I’m a big tolerator. Well, sometimes. I can’t tolerate someone driving too slow in front of me when I’m in a hurry but I’ll tolerate a desk so messy I [...]
Part two of a Post: Still gulping
Applying for certification As confessed in an earlier post, I’m a newcomer to the world of applying for professional certification. Though curious, I’ve never put myself through those hoops since grad school and teacher certification (lo those many years ago). Recently, though, thanks to the nudges of this good Risk-Lovin community, I felt the gumption bubbling [...]
Applying for certification (gulping all the way)
I have always been curious about the various professional certification programs that folks go through, in their areas of expertise. Interested in hearing about those, but sort of mopping my brow in relief that I didn’t have to go through all that. For all of my professional life as a trainer & facilitator, the standard [...]
Hot Cold Calls
Rule-breaker that I am… today, I’m actually going to follow the concept that Laura (our wonderful Risk Guide) is teaching us about the power of taking risks. As she says, they don’t have to be huge risks. (This morning I risked letting myself sleep in very late, even though I have a lot to do. [...]
One good joke that says it all
Among the many surprises and gifts that I find, in being an aunt of two (pre-teen) boys, is that I get to be an audience member for endless strings of Joke-Telling practices. I’ve mastered the truthiness of being “in the moment” to laugh along & encourage them….even when I’ve heard that joke a couple dozen times [...]
