I’ve stopped making resolutions a few years ago ever since I discovered Unravelling by Susannah Conway. Her workbook encourages you to look back at the year that was, celebrate the joys, be gentle, forgive others and then let go. The plan for the new year is to think of your word for the year and […]
10 Things I’m Loving Now
It’s New Year’s Eve and instead of my standard list, I’m putting together a list of 10 awesome things that happened this year. 1. I graduated from the Courageous Coaching Training Program. 2. I started this blog. 3. I went to the Frankfurt Book Fair and then Berlin, a city I’ve always wanted to visit. […]
Allow holiness
A lot of the blogs I read are doing their annual countdowns and goal setting for 2016. There are tips on how to make and keep New Year’s resolutions and the most unforgettable moments of the past year. Before I go into that space of planning for the year ahead, I want to keep my […]
Overwhelmed? DO NOT power through
In the past month, I have found myself falling into old patterns of working too hard, of not making time for me, of burying myself in busyness. In the middle of all of that, I would ask myself: Is this want I want my life to look like? I would remind myself: Remember how you […]
Six sentence update
I found myself in book lover’s heaven: The Frankfurt Book Fair. I immersed myself in history in Berlin. I planned a mermaid party for this little girl and her best girl friends. I stepped away from the computer and read during weekends. I neglected this blog.
50 ways to live a lovely life, part 2
Still want more ideas to make your life lovely? Here are 25 more: 26. Read a childhood classic. My favorites: Little Women, Little House on the Prairie, Little Princess, Pride and Prejudice, Persuasion, To Kill a Mockingbird. 27. Make time for champagne or another sparkly drink. 28. Take 10 deep breaths at intervals during the […]