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Wisdom Workout: Tools to Fly Above the Chaos
How is it possible to keep our equilibrium when our world seems to be moving so fast? A typical day is filled with more...
Wisdom Workout: New Discoveries
We commonly confuse closeness with sameness and view intimacy as the merging of two separate “I’s” into one worldview. Harriet Lerner, “Dance of Intimacy”...
Wisdom Workout: Create a Compelling 2013
The difference between transformation by accident and transformation by a system is like the difference between lightning and a lamp. Both give illumination, but...
Wisdom Workout: A Chapterʼs End
My mother loved cameos. Womenʼs profiles carved in ivory on a sepia, blue, or black background and made into a brooch or pendant.
We sat...
Wisdom Workout: It’s The Little Things
Time away softens the rough edges that sneak into the corners of my mind. A change in scenery stimulates new ways of seeing. The...
Wisdom Workout: Challenging Times
There was a lively discussion that was in full swing by the time I got my coffee and sat down with some friends. The...
Wisdom Workout: Challenging Times
There was a lively discussion that was in full swing by the time I got my coffee and sat down with some friends. The...
Wisdom Workout: Other Ways of Seeing
There was a casual gathering of Laguna locals last week. The opportunity to listen and participate in these types of events is enriching and...
Wisdom Workout: Right Use of Humor
As August ends and September begins, my head is spinning with all that is clamoring for my attention. As a small example, my mother...
Wisdom Workout: Kaleidoscope Eyes
When my 27-year-old nephew arrived at the family barbeque last week, he greeted me with a hug and a fond memory. “Hi, Aunt...
Wisdom Workout: Outliving the Quilt’s Patches
About 20 years ago, a colleague of mine, one of my favorite men in the world, called to say he was in Laguna and...
Wisdom Workout
Recapturing the Child Within
I invite you to life and you send regrets. Sorry can't come, too late or too soon, too busy, too scared,...
Wisdom Workout
A Mother for All Seasons
Mother’s Day is a holiday that brings the opportunity to reflect on the continuum that gives life to the word...
Wisdom Workout
Have a Heart
This week, as I read our letters to the editor, I noticed that our reputation as a hospitable, tolerant, free-spirited environment seems...
Wisdom Workout
Quick Exit From Dramaland
Change is in the air. At least in my life. Everything from upgrading my computer to having my web host decide...