Give What You Can, From What You’ve Got

“Do you think Clarence would mind if we stop by the grocery store on the way home”? This was my Mother’s question…like my husband, who adores her, and she him, would never think for a moment to say no to this woman.  He just wouldn’t. So he didn’t, so we did. We stopped. My Mother, turning 87 this coming week,

Making the Most of Both of You – A Loving Couple’s Journey

They are so typical in so many ways; young, smart, more energy and heart than money, kids, a house, the whole thing. Always and forever supporting each other in their various careers and jobs. Both of them had jobs and side hustles as they dreamed of the day their side jobs became their main sources of income. Then one day,

A Gentle “Start Again”

At one point in my life, I was an avid cross-country skier. It was not uncommon for me to do a couple of 7 to 10K benefit skis per season and put on well over 100 miles in a ski season. While I’ve never been a gonzo athlete, I love to recreate, especially in the winter. I absolutely love the

The Gift of Not Knowing Someone’s Limitations

To be totally honest, the idea wasn’t even mine. My dear friend, who is helping me with my INSpire retreat this year, and I were having a conversation about some of the pre-retreat homework and I was inquiring with her to see if she thought I was expecting too much. Her feedback was simply, “I think it’s a great idea.

A View From Above

His words could not have been any more impactful if he had literally reached out and popped Clarence in the forehead. “If he were still here, none of us would be”. Standing around our future kitchen at the farm; Clarence, his best friend, Randy, who bought the family farm after Clarence’s brother passed away, and a lifelong friend and neighbor

The Strategy of Empowerment

She came to me on a “do you have some time” note.  This beautiful woman in the midst of struggle and sadness and is really REALLY hard on herself. It’s been a theme lately. She has been trying to heal herself, change her thinking, be more positive, and get clarity for months. Yet, she still experiences the struggle of things

Learning Self Love – Letting It Flow

What I have totally loved noticing lately is the number of men who are practicing the art of self-love. I have occasionally seen, through observing men in my life and through men sharing their own mixed feelings about themselves, that men too, struggle with self-love. As a woman, for years I believed learning to love myself was a women’s plague.

Of Mind and Body – Changing How We Feel About What We Think

“I know better. I know I’m a good person. I know I deserve an amazing life and an incredible partner. I just have to constantly keep reminding myself of that…when do I actually start believing it?” Her words were echoed again and again, and again by others around the circle, in perhaps different words, but same meanings. Ugh, the struggle.

No Sense Crying Over Spilled Coffee

Have you ever had one of those days? Of course, you have silly questions.  We’ve all had those days. You know when you wake groggy with sticky gunk in your eyes, and things just seem to go downhill from there? One of those kinds. As I woke this particular morning, there was gunk in my eyes from having sanded cabinets

All in the Numbers

Greetings, and Happy New Year! Like many of you, I am pretty ok leaving last year behind…it wasn’t a bad year, it was just a twisty turny didn’t see that coming, year. I’m tired, honestly. What I already love about 2023 is the energy! 2022 was a year of shift, change, great clarity, and getting to know what is ours