• a better way. week twenty two/twenty three

    Me again. The blog consistency is not flowing, but I am hopeful I can get back on board. Why? Because I enjoy it. It’s true that writing helps one understand what one thinks. I am aware (I think) that what is most consistently on my mind, or what I have a desire to write about, […]

  • something more. week twenty two

    I love context.  When I think of context, I think of story. Every living thing has a story. An origin story. A timeline of situations, circumstances, and events that contribute to how one shows up and expresses oneself in a particular environment or setting.  Is that true or not true? When I consume information (podcast, […]

  • a better way. week twenty one

    A simple, no-cost strategy to get better personal outcomes in day.*, is to notice what it is that you want from others and give it to yourself. The next step is to give the same thing to others without expecting anything in return. * I refer to day. as one’s ordinary existence that includes waking […]

  • something more. week twenty one

    What do you consume? What information do you choose to digest?  In one way, I suppose this question could be: How do you spend your free time? Or, How do you spend your down time?  A human takes in, (absorbs? integrates? – consumes…) energy and information from external sources, through physical senses.  Input. Then the […]

  • a better way. week twenty

    Reflective Question: What weirdness do you excel at?

  • something more. week twenty

    And just like that…she gently whispered to herself the familiar reminder… “Life is a series of situations, circumstances, and events that happen. When I notice my response, I can soothe my response. In Quiet Time, I align with wellbeing. In the space of possibility, I feel anchored to somethingmore. And then. I do. The next […]

  • a better way. week nineteen

    I recorded myself spontaneously read today’s excerpt. There is much to say about sensual living. Speaking of, I can hear the chirping birds outside my window. Some days, the only time I am sensual is in Quiet Time. This morning I proclaimed (to no one, and everyone) that Quiet Time was the best part of […]

  • something more. week nineteen

    In the spirit of too many things happening at once…I give you the May 9, 2020 excerpt taken from the book Something More. Connecting to the pulse of a Shared Humanity.

  • a better way. week eighteen

    In Yoga, some facilitators will put you in a pose and then say, ‘full expression’. Put simply, this means to lengthen something, soften something, expand something. In the storyitell workbook, I describe the cues (lengthen, soften, expand) as superhero pose and connect it to Amy Cuddy’s interpretation of presence. In Amy’s popular body language TED […]

  • something more. week eighteen

    Enjoy today’s excerpt and student video from May 2020… Reflection questions taken from excerpt: And here is a video I made for the students on my school caseload during the May 2020 quarantine…