Risking Being Here In This Community

| October 12, 2010 | 8 Comments

First I want to apologize to all of you for missing my post last month. In September a room became available in the assisted living community we had picked out for our Mom, and my sisters and I had to make the decision to move Mom and then to actually accomplish said move in a very [...]

Silencing the Voices in My Head

| October 7, 2010 | 5 Comments

There they are again … those voices in my head that want to drag me down.   They’ve been showing up a lot lately, tormenting me with hateful questions and comments like: Who am I fooling? Who do I think I am, thinking I could ever accomplish something like that? Why would anyone listen to ME? What makes ME [...]

My Risk Today? Nutritionally Sound Eating

| September 26, 2010 | 4 Comments

For some, healthy eating is a risk. What about you? Want to take the risk and join Laura Biering in letting go of something that no longer serves you? C’mon! You’re worth it!

Speaking My Truth, Voice Shaking

| September 8, 2010 | 4 Comments

This picture was shared in Facebook anonymously, or at least it was anonymous by the time it made its way to me: I have no idea who took the picture, but it has been haunting me ever since I first saw it. It is no small thing to speak your truth, be your real self [...]

Asking for what I want

| July 15, 2010 | 2 Comments

Once I had an employer who told me that he always gave me what I asked for, because he had learned that I only asked for what I needed, and that granting my request would be good for the company, as well as good for me. I wish everyone felt that way, because I believe [...]

Here a Risk, There a Risk, Everywhere a Risk-Risk… Ee-i-ee-i-oh!

| May 20, 2010 | 1 Comments

Seriously.  I have been taking so many risks lately that my main risk muscle – my heart – should probably enter one of those muscle mass contests! So as I sit down to write my post today, I must remind myself that this is about a risk I am intending to take – one that [...]

Grow

| May 7, 2010 | 2 Comments

My job over the past year has been full of growth and learning brand new skills – I am building computer based learning classes and am learning how to use video and other media to be creative and interactive. Last week, I was given an award of ‘excellence’ at work for the online classes I [...]

More on Truth

| February 22, 2010 | 1 Comments

So friends, last month I talked about having the courage and taking the risk to HEAR the truth….it really resonated for me. This month, as usual, I voiced my intention to generate a topic and let it come…and, as usual, it did. This month, however, I did not make the time to put my thoughts [...]

I Disagree

| February 11, 2010 | 5 Comments

I wasn’t on the debate club in high school.  I was the one in the family who watched as my two big sisters argued with my Dad about current events.  I remember vividly their discussions at the dinner table about the Vietnam War, Capitol Punishment (why do people kill people, who kill people to show [...]

Risk Hearing the Truth

| January 22, 2010 | 1 Comments

So, the truth hurts….boy, does it. As someone who’s avoided telling herself the truth for quite some time, I’m learning about the courage it takes to tell the truth, but also the courage it takes to hear it. Hearing the truth and reacting positively means having the confidence to understand the honesty being offered without [...]