You know the old saying, “A woman’s work is never done?” Let’s declare that over, OK? On this Labor Day, I’m thinking about the caregivers, most of them women, who work long unpaid hours. I’m talking about the women who give so much of their life away in loving, and sometimes resentful, duty.I’ve been a member […]
Photo by Cathal Mac an Bheatha on UnsplashI don’t often write about current events in this blog, but like the rest of America, I am reeling from the mass shootings this month in Gilroy, El Paso, and Dayton. The mission of Free Once Again is to unleash a tribe of sassy older women who heal and repair the […]
You know the giddy feeling of being smitten? You’re attracted to a special someone. You can feel it when your stomach flips as you meet their eyes. You notice it in your awkward attempts to impress. There’s so much you don’t know about this person and you’re so pulled towards deeper knowing. You want to […]
What if all you had to do in life was show up and receive exactly what you want and need? This just happened to me. I was in the mountains over the Independence Day holiday, celebrating my sister’s birthday. She had booked time at a lovely mountain resort, far away from the July 4th fire crackers […]
Do you ever feel like your boundaries get crossed when you start to live from what you really want in life? Do you ever begin the week excited to sign up for that class you’ve been meaning to take, or go on your favorite hike? Then when you look back the week was filled with […]
Have you ever dreamed of giving yourself an entire year to experiment with your life? Yes? Have you packed that dream away? If not, what stopped you? Sometimes what stops us is our assumption that we have to do something Big. We think that “experimenting” means leaving the family to sail around the world, or some […]
It is Mother’s Day as I write this. I had planned to be off in nature by now, taking in my mother’s memory. Instead, Mom was with me this whole week as I struggled to find a way to write this post. Ours was a complex relationship which ended too soon, ten years ago today. Mom […]
Have you ever been stuck between your intentions to make a change and actually taking action? Me too! So I decided to take action by committing to one intention for a week. This is what I learned. Listen to this post above or read an edited transcript below. Today I’m going to share with you 5 […]
Lorraine was out of sorts. She had been happily retired and travelling for a few years. But now something was missing that she couldn’t put her finger on. Travelling was starting to feel . . . boring. Does the thought of retirement scare you? Are you worried that you’ll lose that spark that keeps you at […]
I don’t know about you, but I can’t avoid some holiday stress during the “Christmaskuh” season. On one hand, I love the bustling energy and the gathering of friends and family over five kinds of cookies. On the other, I’m stressed about having to bake five kinds of cookies! The greater the flexibility in my […]
Quick question: do you long to get beyond checkbook charity? How tired are you of organizations filling your in-box with urgent pleas for money, money, and more money? Do you feel guilty for turning them down? Have you ever given more than your budget allows? This simple two-step process puts you in charge of your charity […]
What do you do when an elderly parent refuses to listen to reason? On the one hand, we feel blessed to have parents who are with us to a ripe old age. On the other, the struggle for control can bring out our worst tendencies. Last month I found myself going head-to-head with my elderly father. […]