your daily rock : bloom where you are planted
Feel like you’re in the wrong job? Bloom there anyway. Certain you’re supposed to live somewhere else? Bloom where you are anyway. Bloom where you are planted right now. (And remember: you can only bloom if you nurture yourself. Find your sun, your roots, your sustenance, where you are.) Love, …
your daily rock : revel in not knowing
Not knowing can be a source of great anxiety for some, for many. But not knowing is the only place where learning can happen. I have to “not know” in order to truly learn. Learning isn’t recitation of what we know; it is discovery of what we don’t know. Train …
your daily rock : take a new path
“Mindfulness” sounds so big, so intimidating. But it can be achieved in simple ways. Today, take a new path to the grocery store, to work, to drop the kids off at school. Just drive there in a way outside your normal path. You will be able to see again. Take …
your daily rock : show up for others today
Sometimes, most times, pretty much all the time, we just need to show up. Love, (These beautifully painted rocks are created by Kim Mailhot, aka The Rock Fairy.
launching my new book tonight! win a copy!
One of my favorite spaces in which to read is The Georgia Center for the Book at the Decatur Public Library in Decatur, Georgia. So I am thrilled that I will launch my new book, The Geography of Loss, there tonight. (7:15pm) Here is what one reader is saying about The …
your daily rock : bend.
I was in Las Vegas for a conference. Largely pregnant with Emma who would be born six weeks later. A large earthquake hit Los Angeles. And the reverberations made their way to Vegas at 5am. The clothing in the closet of my hotel room on the 19th floor started …
your daily rock : be open to change
Change is going to happen whether you’re open to it or not. So why not invite it in and dance with it rather than wrestle with it? What change are you fearing? What change do you desire? Dance with them both. Love, (These beautifully painted rocks are created …
your daily rock : what do you need?
When Emma was little, I quit my job to start my own business so I could be home with her more. As a consultant, I soon found I could make more money in a week than I was making in a month at my job as a vice president with …
simple saturday.
In the last quarter of 2013, we got rid of half of what we owned, moved to a smaller house, and are focusing on simplicity. Each Saturday, I will document some of the ongoing changes we are making to simplify, step off the consumerism wheel, and open more space for experiences …
your daily rock : love your imperfection
Oh, to embrace our imperfections–so freeing, so human, and so real. As Iain Thomas has written, “But life isn’t something that should be edited. Life shouldn’t be cut. The only way you’ll ever discover what it truly means to be alive and human is by sharing the full experience of …
