Living in Santa Cruz, California in my mid-20s, my friend Jean and I would often zip up to Lake Tahoe to go snowboarding at Kirkwood Resort.
On one of those trips, the powder was waist-deep and spectacular, and we were riding through the trees. Both of us were smart enough to stay away from the ...
Years ago at a conference in LA, a coach, to whom I was paying a ton of money, asked in the very first session, how many of us had a regular gratitude practice.
The room was full of coaches and consultants so, of course, nearly every hand went up. Then he said, "how many of you did it this morni...
Yesterday, Sam and I went to Albuquerque with a long list, which is only remarkable in context: We moved to a cattle ranch in the center of New Mexico eleven days ago, and the ranch is so big we measure it in miles - 14 by 10ish.
The quiet is so absolute here, you only really get it by standing u...
Yesterday, I woke up at dawn mainly because, from my bed, I can see the sunrise through the east-facing kitchen window. The Gallenas Mountains in the distance were still purple in the dark, but glowing along their ridges from the coral and gold climbing up behind them.
What a beautiful image th...
A client asked me recently to talk about "being patient in the waiting." She didn't elaborate, but I have a hunch her larger question is this:
"I want to be done with this struggle, to finally get to the other side, but I'm not there yet. How do I stay hopeful and patient as I slog through the s...
I was walking through my neighborhood this morning, realizing how much I like walking through my neighborhood in the morning.
No fewer than six of my neighbors leaned out their front doors or hollered down the street to say hi.
That sounds like a small thing. It's not.
There's a loneliness epid...
I heard someone say once: If I had a friend who lied to me as much as my thoughts do, I would not be friends with them.
Most people not only accept the stories in their heads as pure truth, but don't even know how to challenge them, using questions like:
How true is this?
What else might be true...
We got home to Pensacola late Saturday night and the first thing I noticed, even though it was dark, were the pears.
I planted this pear tree in my front yard 5 years ago, but the harvests have been underwhelming. I usually get a handful of pears, take a bite and toss them for any number of rea...
After a month on the road, Sam and I landed at my parents house in Southern Arizona, where on our first afternoon I took a two-hour nap.
I mean a pants off, under covers, wake-up-not-knowing-where-you-are kind of nap. Five stars. Highly recommend.
I'm not a napper though, and I didn't think I w...
It's been a roller coaster few weeks around here, and while I knew it would be, it didn't make the climbs and drops any easier.
In short, we left Wyoming a few weeks ago, with three horses, two dogs, a loaded truck and trailer and a camper. We set the circus down in Central New Mexico, where Sa...
I love reading people's favorite thing lists: books, restaurants, skin care, music etc. because they give me ideas I've never thought of.
So here's a list of five things I'm into right now that you might like too.
1. Memoirs. I've read four in the last month and I'm not sure why. Here they are b...
On one of my now-rare social media scrolls yesterday, I saw something that gave me much hope.
Someone, probably several someones, set a blocks-long dinner table in a public space, complete with linens, proper dishes and flowers, then invited folks from the neighborhood to come eat.
And they cam...
