There is an old proverb that falls on the humorous side: One person asks another “How do you eat an elephant?” and the reply is “One bite at a time”. It’s got many variations, is often referenced, frequently found in memes, and a wise reminder that big things can be accomplished with lots of small […]
The snow last weekend got me thinking about the power of novelty. Here in the South, we get all excited about snow – not because it’s great but because it’s different than what usually happens, and it changes how we see the world for a minute. Having grown up in coastal Florida, I hold it’s […]
I love non fiction. It makes me feel smarter, informed, and if knowledge is power, then powerful too. I love the active feeling of learning, of feeling like I’m a better person for having read the thing. And for a long time, I only felt that way about non-fiction, and maybe biography/memoirs. My own inner […]
I know I’m in trouble when I start getting sick, particularly getting sick with weird little things. I am pretty in tune with my body and when I get tired, my nose runs. It’s like somewhere in the early part of my existence my brain noticed that I would lay down and rest when my […]
(To listen to this instead, click here) There are two times of year that feel big and bold to me, January and early September. Both are completely cultural time markers with either the happy new year party horns seeming to ring in my ears and urge me on to wild resolutions, or the back-to-school reminders […]
I just finished reading and guiding “Stop Overthinking” as the Book to Body book of the month for September and one thing really stuck with me. The book itself offers a wide array of tools pulled from many disciplines. The one lingering for me is the Eisenhower Matrix. In the online space there are 5.7 […]
I recently led a thought session on nonattachment (or nonexcess), a common translation for aparigraha which is the fifth yama. The yamas are the first step of yoga (the shapes you may think of as yoga are the third of the eight steps) and are yoga philosophy’s first five guideposts for living. Yama translates as […]
On November first, while everyone else was perhaps recovering from their Halloween sugar rush, I came in overjoyed and announced to my 8:30am yoga class that we had finally arrived in my favorite month of the year. A curious “why?” was the response and my answer is easy. I love November because Thanksgiving isn’t commercialized […]
It’s been a busy summer bringing new things to light. I love creation and have been thinking a lot about how creativity is a really long process that gets most of the attention at the end. It’s so easy to honor and celebrate the finished products and hard to see the months and years of […]
There are a million studies, articles, and people shouting from the rooftops that the collective we need more sleep, more quality rest. I know this. And yet. As I was reading Soulful Simplicity it became clear (again) that this was a space I was slipping on. Hand on my heart (a practice from the book) […]