Catherine never complained
My cousin Catherine was born with a heart defect. She began having (then-experimental) surgeries to correct it at the age of two. She had many such surgeries and spent countless…
I see amazing women. What do YOU see?
Here’s a short (about three-minutes) video I put together for the What I See project:
25 Useful Things to Remember When You Screw Up
I played in my first-ever golf tournament last week. My preferred (quelle surprise!) ball is pictured at left 😉 In golf, as in most sports, it’s important to follow the…
You Are the Wind Beneath My Wings
“DITTO!” was all it took to bring tears to me eyes. You wouldn’t think one word at the end of a tweet from someone you don’t “know,” retweeted by someone…
21 Centering Thoughts From Deepak Chopra
I recently returned to my meditation practice with Oprah and Deepak Chopra’s 21-day Meditation Challenge, Miraculous Relationships!, of which today is Day 16. While there are only five more days…
Five Great Tips to Sleep When You Can’t
Ever wake up in the middle of the night and can’t get back to sleep? Or maybe you just can’t get to sleep to begin with? Me too. Lots. Truth…
10 Things Our Daughters Could Learn From Whitney Houston
Multi-award winning singer and entertainer Whitney Houston was born on this day in 1963.
Escape. Embrace. Or Not. Or Both.
I follow a number of interesting blogs, among them that of TK Coleman, a self-described philosopher whose blog tagline reads: “Ideas are my intoxication. Philosophy is my psychedelic.” In a…
15 Empowering Things to Tell Your Kids (and Yourself)
In the summer of 2012, I was cracking up (not in a good way). I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. So I did both. Often. And intensely. Things…