Forty Lunchtime Minutes to enrich your relationship to life and work. Spring is bustin’ out with new insights, energy, and opportunities to review and renew the areas of your life that need a fresh start. Join life coach and author Marilyn Taylor of Confident Directions Life Coaching for lunch and an inspiring Focused 40 talk. Noon to 1 pm (program: 12:10 to 12:50)… [Read More]
What’s your measurement?
On Saturday I was asked to give a eulogy for a client of mine that I’ve known for about the last 12 years. As you can imagine, I was deeply saddened by his passing (age 61) and very honored by the invitation to speak at his funeral. I prayed that I would have the strength… [Read More]
POMS are the only way to go.
Probably much like yourself I have been getting a barrage of ideas to make resolutions for the New Year become a reality. I do believe that when we resolve to do something, we are making a commitment to ourselves to the number one person on the list. What gets in the way of these promises… [Read More]
5 Questions to Ensure Holiday Survival
There is no better time than the holiday season to make a commitment to living more mindfully, being more present with all the choices you make that reflect your values, priorities and life choices. We get derailed from the joy of the season when we get caught up in too much purchasing, too little quiet… [Read More]
10 Thoughts on Releasing your Magnificence!
“How do you release your magnificence?” That’s the question that was asked of me recently in a coaching session. The simple answer is easy, you just do it. The simple answer is the one that many people find the most difficult. The reason being we frequently don’t own our magnificence; we keep it buried somewhere… [Read More]
That Faraway Look
The groaning has begun. “Summer is almost over, I can’t believe it, and it’s gone so fast.” That’s what I hear almost every day now from clients. They are grieving summer’s end. But what is it that they are grieving for? I think it’s the feeling we get from experiencing summer. Feelings that only summertime… [Read More]
These Guys Have It All
I know you are probably not surprised to hear that I thrive on inspirational stories. Stories of individuals, communities, non-profits, and groups of any sort that are on a mission to make this world a bit more loving and kind and more than that, hopeful. One of my clients was telling me about a group… [Read More]
Ryder’s Question
Every week when my grandson Ryder, age 5, comes to stay for the day, I never quite know what plan he has in mind for our time together. His mind is very active and full of imagination, as kids tend to be. Yeah, for Kids! One week he wanted me to make signs and put… [Read More]
Can’t Get No Satisfaction
Words made famous by the Rolling Stones whose meaning is considerably different than my interpretation of this well -known lyric. Over and over I read and hear about people who are struggling to get satisfaction in their lives. Despite the gross national income rising over the last 50 years, the levels of happiness, aka life… [Read More]
Hyacinths, Holly’s and Ice Dams
It sounded like my house was hit by a train! But, in fact it was just the biggest ice dam on the front of my house slipping off down two stories and smashing into the foundation, the ground, and a number of my shrubs, including a very special pencil holly (very narrow, upright holly bush)… [Read More]
