Today is the birthday of the great Michelangelo. One of my favorite stories about him is that he is said to have created his masterpiece, David, by chipping away from the giant block of stone that which wasn’t David, until only David remained. Wow! I often tell my clients that this is what we’ll be [...]
A Huge Scary Risk and a Big Sigh of Relief
A quick note here today – lots to do – but I had to check in and tell you about what I just did. I had the final interview with a national magazine for an article about women who “came out” in their forties! My question to you: what is it that you could go [...]
Allowing Yourself To Be Loved
Wow, what a day yesterday! What a wonderful, wonderful birthday!! A great big thank you to all who participated in making it so special. I highly recommend taking the risk of allowing yourself to be loved, as I did yesterday. If it’s easier to start practicing on your birthday, then so be it, but do [...]
It’s My Birthday!
… and my risk is letting people love on me allllll day, in preparation for the rest of my life! And yours?
Mary Oliver, Again, Still, Always!
For now, for this week anyway, this is the last Mary Oliver poem I’ll post… After reading this one, I dare you to ask yourself what risk the wild geese are calling you to take… Wild Geese You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a [...]
Mary Oliver, The Great, The Real
Thank you so much to those of you wrote and spoke to me in thanks for sharing Mary Oliver’s poem, “The Journey” a few days back. She is truly one of the great poets of our time, and of all time, in my humble opinion. She has so much to say about us, all living [...]
Singing my Song, Regardless, and Being Glad I Did
Sometimes, the act of taking a risk, as much as we feel it might cost us, ends up paying dividends that far exceed any actual or perceived price we might have paid. This was proven to me once again after taking my risk for yesterday, which was to sing in public. A client of mine [...]
