There is something about peace and nature. Last night, after I sat with my family watching and listening to the prayer service in Connecticut after the shooting, my niece noticed a group of deer walking through our yard to our neighbors. "Look at all the deer walking into the neighbors yard," she said. "Oh," as I looked back there. The...
I drove up the street lined with frosted cars. Street lamps glowed yellow against the black sky and Christmas lights shone bright in flashes of color on this and that side of the street. I pulled up slowly to the house, preparing to make the turn when I looked ahead of me and in the sky a bright light falling in an arch downward, shining hot...
Love IS Power Love IS all around me I AM all of love
Empathizing can be so powerful and definitely serves it’s purpose in times of need. I realize now that I feel uncomfortable receiving empathy when it comes to the "Oh’s," and "Awe’s," I get when I tell my “stories” about my life. I have this reaction where my my body language seems to be saying, "Don't feel sorry for me. Don't coerce with my...
The clave rhythm is an ancient rhythm that came to the Caribbean from Africa. In Latin music, I have heard of the clave rhythm referred to as the "heartbeat" of the music. When everything is in alignment with the clave and working within the clave, it all feels good and sounds right. When things are out of whack with the clave or the clave is...
Developmental feedback is great. Supportive feedback is great. I notice one feels different to receive then the other. What is it about supportive feedback that is hard to receive? What is it about developmental feedback that is hard to receive? They are both the same: supportive feedback. What is it about supportive feedback that is easy...
I experienced lots of love today. Giving love, receiving love, experiencing love. I held space for myself several times. (To hold space means to support myself through something that feels or occurs to me to be difficult in the moment.) I do this through several different tools, some which stay the same and some which change and transform...
Today I attended the Tedx Buffalo Women event at the Downtown Public Library. What most struck me was the undeniable desire these women have for forward motion in their lives and forwarding the motion for all of life. This seems to be indelible to women. We want the best for everyone, even when we say we don't. We may be crying tears, saying,...
Last night, my twin sister helped me be brave. She walked right over to a friend of ours, who is passing on from this life to the next, and sat next to him. She put her hands on him and talked with him. I didn't feel so comfortable with this at first. I noticed I felt scared and not sure of how to interact with him. Seeing her behavior and...
Today, as I sat in the bathroom, (why do I have lots of breakthroughs in the bathroom? Do you too?) I remembered and deepened into an epiphany I had last week. During a coaching call, one of the main instructors for the course I am completing, chimed in while listening to me coach a peer partner. I had given her permission to give me...
