For those of you who have yet to experience it there is a new street musician playing downtown in Northampton. For those of you who don’t normally waltz the streets of our little town allow me to share that the quality of street musician is quite unusual. Given the five colleges and a large artistic …
Intimacy Among Strangers: Finding Unexpected Connections On The Sidewalk Read More »
I’ve been promising a blog post to several of my patients on the topic of struggle. But while I was gearing up to write it I got tremendously sick. Interesting how simply having a topic in my head invites the universe to create the environment for me to be fully inspired. Well, the universe inspired …
Struggle: Is Fighting Circumstance Turning Tiny Problems Into Catastrophes? Read More »
I am writing this blog post after two of the sickest weeks I’ve experienced in my life. It came out of nowhere and wouldn’t let up. It may sound silly that a little sickness could wreck a household for more than 2 weeks, but it has. As with most people, when I need the most …
10 Things I Learned About Asking for Help And Giving It Read More »
Something is shifting lately. I’m feeling a little dusty all over, a little uncomfortable in my body. Somehow I’ve become very uninspired by the way I communicate and perceive my life. This fall we cleaned our house. We made a few Salvation Army runs, got rid of some random furniture, repotted plants, redecorate rooms and …
Complaining: The Most Unattractive Way To Communicate Your Life Experience Read More »
This is the final post in a blog series designed to get people thinking about what a career can offer emotionally, physically, intellectually and spiritually to your life and what it can just as easily take away. This post is getting down to the nuts and bolts of life and asking the questions that a …
Paying The Rent And Pursuing Your Dream: Authentic Self Post #4 Read More »
This is a guest post from one of the amazing owners of Simple Diaper & Linen. She is not only a successful businesswoman and mother, she is also one of the dynamic, strengthening forces in Holyoke! Her diaper service is green, local and mother-owned! I started my business because I wanted to stay at home with …
I was that girl at the sleepovers; the last asleep and first awake, hell-bent not to miss a second of revealed secrets or emotional sharing. Sometimes it felt like I waited all month long to get to the point with my friends when I could ask the real questions. I wanted to know these women: …
Authentic Self Post #3: Why The World Needs Your Authentic Self Read More »
This is Post #2 in a series called “The Authentic Self” that I am writing mostly to my patients, but also to my readers to inspire them to contemplate the physical effects of a career on the body and mind (whether they are positive or negative). Thank you to all the people who have started …
Convincing The Self That Happiness Is Worthwhile: Authentic Self Post #2 Read More »
Every time you don’t follow your inner guidance, you feel a loss of energy, loss of power, a sense of spiritual deadness. –Shakti Gawain Let’s start here—a quote straight from The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron. Cameron is a legend in the creative field for helping people overcome “writer’s block” or the equivalent in any artistic endeavor. …
The Creative Journey To Design A Career: Authentic Self Post #1 Read More »
Just as my favorite time of day is early in the morning, my favorite time of the year is the first few hours on New Year’s Day when the world is still asleep and the sun is yet again rising. There is so much hope in those first few strains of sunlight. Anything imaginable could …
4 Ways To Honor The New Year’s Resolution Process Read More »