Creativity
Mythic Oranges, Waters, and WWII
“Imagine That” Today’s art is in honor of an amazing painter and gentle man, Richard Fraenkel. He was my painting instructor in college. He told quiet stories. He…
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Coaching
Designer Questions to Engineer Endurance, Achievement, and Happiness
Focusing your attention on long-acting, feeling-based, style-specific questions can give you a richer and happier experience of life. What I love about this process is that anyone can…
Mommess
Beginner’s Mind & Happier Times
WELCOME TO MY FIRST QUOTE-A-RAMA It’s a relief to know that there was never a moment in my life when everything was perfect. There is no idyllic past…
Body & Health
Smoking Yoga
And how I inadvertently replaced a bad habit. I smoked 2 packs of cigarettes a day for 14 years. During the last 7 of those years I struggled…
Mommess
Lies the AI tells me
Interacting with AI feels disturbing to me. Oddly slick and beautiful fake humans with 7 fingers aside, I think it’s because there’s no way to prioritize truth-telling in…
Coaching
Truth telling in little bits
Focus, the folly of first-ness, and how symbolic truth-telling connects us to our souls and each other. If any one artist works with the truth of their lives,…
Coaching
Helping the Helpers: methodology and pitfalls
Like many people, I’ve wanted to make a huge positive impact, but unlike others, I haven’t wanted to be directly acknowledged for doing it, because I’m uncomfortable with…
Body & Health
Are you freaking out? Try a simple practice for sanity and strength
There has been no end of folks reeling since we’ve had crazy makers at the helm of our executive branch. The extra work some of us need to…
Coaching
Renaissance Warriors
I’m going to tell you right now that you are a modern day Renaissance Warrior. This is because you can do many, many things very well. This includes…
Body & Health
So, I’m at the grocery store, not buying eggs
I’m seeing young parents wheeling around their kids in carts, and think: I did that. Yeah, I had kids, am still raising them, and I deserve some kind…
Culture
Diversity
If we experience life through a lens where the people we deal with seem most like us, it’s easy to think we have a leg up on navigating…
Coaching
What if I can’t…
What to do when your values thwart change, and a footnote about how no-brand branding is already here. Ever feel woefully self-aware and stuck all at once? I’ve…