I used to be afraid of failure. Okay, I still am, but I'm becoming increasingly comfortable with fear’s presence in my life, and I now welcome fear as an essential ingredient for growth and expansion. A dear friend recently ran the Boston Marathon, beating her personal best by an astounding seventeen minutes just a month before her 43rd birthday (that’s Dana above, coming down the… read more
At one time or another, we’ve all likely experienced something painful that we would prefer to forget for the feelings of hurt, anger or sadness that still are easily invoked by the memory. It’s human nature to want to forget such events, to block them out of our minds or at least to ignore them. What if we were to face them head on instead… read more
As Mother’s Day approaches, many of us likely are making mental note to pick up a gift and a card for Mom, or perhaps to pay respects if she’s no longer in her physical body (that’s my mom above, enjoying lunch with me at one of her favorite indulgences, Steak N Shake, that we’ll likely partake again when I see her this week). But why… read more
