What is living fully?

There are several consistent teachers in my life and Julia Cameron is definitely one of them. There is something persistently eye-opening about her work. The old stuff holds up. The new stuff gives me pause and usually more. The last weekend of 2012 I read Safe...

Reveling in fresh opportunity

Are y’all tired of hearing yet how much I enjoy interviewing people because it always feels like a conversation? My first scheduled interview with Charlice Noble-Jones didn’t happen because she was tending to the emotional needs of an employee. I loved...

Life Coaching (a few) Special Ed Teachers

I couldn’t help but be saddened by the now-viral video posted to YouTube by Stu Chaifetz, a father who wired his autistic son and sent him to school to find out what was going on there. It made me think about all the people who are in the wrong profession....

Bang those keys

Excited about the “Bang the Keys” writing workshop I’m taking with Jill Dearman, a writer and teacher of writing at New York University. It’s a six-week deal and it’s providing incentive, structure and accountability for my writing...

Teacher

Talked to my former college journalism professor today. He’s retired now and I felt like connecting. It was good to hear his voice and to hear what’s happening in his life. Even now I feel the ripple effects of his confidence in my talent. An amazing...