Over the last year, I gained about twenty pounds. If you’re a regular reader, you know I’m 4’10” and so that’s a rather substantial amount on my frame. Twenty pounds is nearly as much as I gained when I was pregnant! This last round of weight gain was from stress, and from having zero self …
I’m no stranger to busy-ness. I work, I have a three year old son, and I’m studying for the PMP (Project Management Professional) exam, I’m planning a wedding, and planning a retreat. Appropriately, the retreat is on …. balance. Life Changes Make us Rethink PrioritiesBalance has been that thing I’ve been searching for over the …
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A couple of weeks ago we packed up the car and headed south to Santa Barbara for a twenty year reunion of myself and five of my closest buddies. Here’s part of the road near Cachuma Lake. I love those California Live Oaks. The planning for the trip had started years ago, as my friends …
In my sheepish return, I said I had some big plans over the next three years. So, let’s cut to the chase and get sharing! In October of last year I started working with a life coach, the wonderful and amazeballs Michelle Ward. I was working at a very terrible place (more on that later!), …
Welcoming Spirit has sat dormant for a year, and so I’m a bit sheepish as I come back and say a quiet “hello!” It’s been a year of big learnings, of bad jobs, and strange days. I was trying so very hard to find balance, and over the course of two jobs in a year, …
– be lazy – act a little crazy – be mad that the last year has not been what I chose or even what I tried to make it – see that there is good in the bad – “lean in” to boundaries which is the opposite of the stupid Sheryl Sandberg “leaning in” not …
Yesterday I had the distinct pleasure of attending the Palo Alto book signing event for John and Sherry Petersik at West Elm. My sister and nephew Ralphie met me there. The line was long, but the youngsters did not disappoint, and it was a class act all the way. Even before we got in the …
Meeting John and Sherry of Young House Love in Palo Alto Read More »
Today I’m a guest blogger over at Gingersnap Crafts, and I’d like to extend a warm welcome to Ginger’s readers. I’m so excited to have you stop by 🙂 If you’re looking to read a bit more about Welcoming Spirit, here are some great places to start: My favorite projects of 2012Take a tour of …
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In my final year at Yale Divinity School, I was named the Community Life Coordinator. It was a cool job, and it meant I oversaw all of the other clubs and committees, helped with budgets for those groups, planned parties, helped with the daily coffee hour after chapel, and well, got to be a social …
