Year: 2015
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Beyond the youth culture: the four seasons of life
Each season of life offers special opportunities to live and grow into more of who we are. The four seasons: Spring is new life emerging and growing. Summer is blossoming and more growth. Autumn is living out loud and visible in full color. Winter is the end of physical life. Our age during each of…
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How to know what’s possible
Creating something new requires both personal capacity and social conditions. These trees, for example, grew because the trees were healthy and because of favorable conditions of earth, air, water, light and temperature. When you have an idea or an opportunity comes your way, you too combine your personal beliefs, confidence and skills and social conditions…
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What it takes to embrace change
Designing what’s next requires you to move from life as you know it. It’s natural to protect what exists. We all do it. The first step in moving into your new life (and in being your own life coach) is to shift from the mindset of protecting the status quo into embracing the idea that…
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“What” comes before “how”
When you want to create change, you combine imagination and implementation. Too often the time to imagine is shortchanged. The well intentioned “get the job done” rush past imagination to implementation is a key cause of change initiative failures. It’s natural to think of an idea and then ask “how will you do that?” Unfortunately,…
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How life transitions work
Today we are experiencing more life transitions and at a faster pace than any time in human history. Until now we didn’t need to know how to navigate a transition and design what’s next. Transitions were part of the life cycle and they just happened. One part of your life ended. Another part began. What’s…
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Selfhood: spirit, heart, mind, body connection
In working with women for over 40 years and in my own life transitions, I discovered that the key to women’s power is our selfhood strength and resilience. When our spirit, heart, mind, body connection is strong — when we trust, love, know and value ourselves for who we are, we have the inner container…
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Transforming the way we care
Caring Across Generations is building a movement of the caring majority to create a culture of care in the U.S. Recognizing that care is the work that makes all other work possible, this movement also is making care visible and working on local and state legislative initiatives to make a difference now. Participating in this…
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Self-love affirmation
A key to developing and strengthening selfhood is to experience feelings of inner care, connection, nurture and well-being of self-love that are stronger than an inner critic voice or feeling unworthy. This affirmation practice is designed to turn on and turn up the warmth of your inner light. The exercise incorporates the Chinese energy medicine…