I want to thank …

If I were life coaching an aspiring actor, I could easily see myself suggesting an exercise where he creates and practices an Academy Award speech as part of the “visioning” in our coaching. Not necessarily making that the focus, but as much a part of the...

Flex time

My knee has been in a brace for two weeks. Went for an MRI yesterday. I’m feeling mostly positive about the healing process, but increasingly frustrated by how limited I am in getting the simplest things done in my life. Boy did I take for granted walking to...

Worth its weight

I don’t know how open I would have been 10 or even five years ago to talking to an interview subject about the American man. I’ve always been one for inclusion and, to be fair, was a little wrapped up in figuring out myself as an American woman. But...

Slice of life from my couch

Last Sunday, eager to be going to the orthopedist for my knee sprain the following day, I let the television hold me captive for much of the afternoon into the evening. And my program choices kept captivating me, one after another. Simultaneously, there was a fire...

Partnership and our light

I’m 50 years old and I’ve always been single. It makes some people uncomfortable and that used to bother me a lot. Now I see it clearly as a choice I made, just one that isn’t very popular in our country, where the American dream is equated with a a...