As I sit here, thinking about the peeling back of the calendar, I feel antsy — like there’s something I need to do and quickly, to ensure that I get to the end of the year feeling accomplished. Fear is strong. Can you relate? Here’s what the fears sound like right...
As I stood staring at the water rippling on the shoreline, I felt impatient. I wanted to enjoy pre-game connecting time with the Oyster Cove Cheering Squad (a.k.a. my neighbors), and I wanted to get this plunge over with. Finally, when everyone who was willing to...
As January came to a conclusion, so did my father-in-law’s life. Though we did not know the severity of his cancer until just a few weeks before he passed, something within he and I seemed to know that Now is the time to put down our fears and dare to Connect on a...
Last weekend I went to a silent meditation retreat in Waynesboro, PA. The evening before we were to begin our silent meditation practice, we sat around a big table, enjoying food and getting to know each other. Once they found out what I do for work, one of them—a...
Imagine for a moment, if you will, that you trained for nine months to prepare for a marathon. Each day, you got up early, showed up with your running shoes on, and completed your run for the day. In order to keep your muscles strong, you also hit the weight room a...
