A dear friend recently passed away and a veil of grief settled over me. Grief for what once was and for what will never be again… I could not bear to think about her death and, when I did, I fought my thoughts and emotions tooth and nail. The resistance I experienced surrounding the reality… Read More When Loss Knocks On Your Door
Have you ever faced an uncomfortable situation and experienced an immediate resistance to it? Swirling thoughts, high energy and a fight or flight reaction? I’m sure many of us have. Realistically, though, who has ever had things work out the way they wanted to all of the time? No one…yet we still hope. I know… Read More I Don’t Want To vs I Can’t
I like to be comfortable. I like to know what’s coming next. New experiences seem appealing until I actually have to experience them. Then, the doubt sets in and I have to cajole myself into taking action. What I have learned, though, is that if I only do what I’ve always done I won’t grow… Read More Nothing Ventured Nothing Gained
As I walked towards my car the other night, a wave of melancholy washed over me. I had just run into my son’s music teacher from High School. He (the teacher) looked the same. I looked the same (in my opinion). But…nothing was the same. My mind quickly did the math and I realized that… Read More Don’t Leave…Even Though You Have To
Have you ever said these words, silently or aloud? Have you ever held the belief that “there’s something wrong with me”? Throughout my life, I am sure that I’ve said something similar, at different times, in response to a challenge that I was experiencing. I didn’t pause to question the validity of this thought nor… Read More I’m Broken
Many people say you have to start learning a language when you’re young. Otherwise, it’s too hard or impossible. I’m sure I’ve said the same thing myself, creating a self-limiting belief. I grew up in a household where both my parents spoke Armenian fluently. As I was so intent on fitting in with my English-speaking… Read More It’s Too Late For Me —- Or Is It?
Have you ever felt like a change was coming but didn’t yet know what it was? That unsettled feeling of not being grounded in what has been and not yet knowing where you are meant to be….a limbo of sorts…a transition. I’ve been feeling like that recently. It’s not the first time in my life,… Read More Which Way?
There’s a line in Under The Tuscan Sun about taking a seemingly terrible idea and bringing it to fruition…making something far-fetched come to life. Sometimes, the word “terrible” is used when what we really mean is more along the lines of “I can’t imagine doing that” or “I don’t even know how I would do… Read More That’s A Terrible Idea
That’s what Paulo Coehlo exhorts in The Alchemist…the story of Santiago, a young shepherd who travels from his home in Spain to his ultimate destination…the pyramids in Egypt…in search of his tesoro, ie his treasure. It’s the story of a Dream pursued with Courage and Faith…the dream of treasure in a far away place, the… Read More Listen To Your Heart
Feelings… When are we going to be able to talk about them freely? No embarrassment, no shame, no hesitation, no “what will people think of me?” We all have feelings, except in very rare cases. However, this post is not about the population at large. It’s about our boys and men and how they have… Read More The F Word
Through My Mind's Eye 