See people the way they want to be seen. It's magical. All you have to do is see people, but nobody sees anyone anymore. We all live in a narcissistic, ego-centric bubble in which we want to be seen but no one wants to do the seeing. So, if you can climb out … Continue reading How to Motivate… Everyone
#brynneandjesse
Dear Brynne and Jesse, G and I wish for you what we have: Someone who sees us as we wish to be seen and not necessarily who we are...yet. Someone who sees our best self, the self we are cultivating, the self we are striving to be. Someone who forgives our shortcomings knowing that we … Continue reading #brynneandjesse
How to Write Your Personal Manifesto
I got knee-deep and dirty into my book today. I changed my working title from "Amp Your Vibe" to "How to Create a Project-Driven Life" which is really what it is about. There are list-making exercises. There are ways to beta-test project ideas before you commit to them. There are tips on how to build … Continue reading How to Write Your Personal Manifesto
The Dominant Doe Goes With The Flow
This is a post from 2009. I went into my archives looking for what I might have been doing in early June in some other year. I found this post from 6 years ago. I was so tickled with this one because it has a picture of Fred and I. G and I just came … Continue reading The Dominant Doe Goes With The Flow
Date Night: The New Wednesday Ritual
We've decided that since I don't teach on Wednesdays in the summer, that Wednesday will be "date night." G recruits every weekend, so Saturdays and Sundays will find her in a sack chair with a clipboard watching terrible high school softball, while I sit home and binge watch Property Brothers. So we've decided that every … Continue reading Date Night: The New Wednesday Ritual
Say What You Mean
I was on such a roll this morning! Totally absorbed in my book project, getting places, making connections. It was sweet. I was humming. But then I had to break to meet a client and all my momentum died. I thought I would come home and pick it up again, but it didn't happen. At … Continue reading Say What You Mean
Reconciliation after a long estrangement
One of the things on my "Things I Love" list are movies that end with reconciliations after long estrangements. I feel like I am living one of those movies now. I have been holding a grudge towards a person in my town for a long time, and only recently, thanks in part to Brene Brown's … Continue reading Reconciliation after a long estrangement
A Sunday Brunch Meditation
Over gluten-free waffles, green juice and coffee Misty, Vince and I talked about role models, and how if it weren't for our friends' families, we would never have imagined that parents could be nice to one another, and to their children. So if you have a half-way decent family situation, you should open your home … Continue reading A Sunday Brunch Meditation
What do you love? What don’t you love?
Okay, now I'm excited. The blogger John, from Stories in the Struggle posted a Love/Hate Challenge. The deal is that you list 10 things you love and 10 things you hate, and then ask all of your readers and followers to do the same. I'm in, John! This is the core exercise of my book. Making … Continue reading What do you love? What don’t you love?
Week 1 Gratitudes
Time for some appreciation and gratitude. This is the end of Week 1 of my new intention to write every day, Monday through Friday, on The Project. First, I appreciate G. For everything, but especially for understanding why I am squirreled up in my room so much, and for making the elixir (we are doing … Continue reading Week 1 Gratitudes
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