The Myth of Pre-requisites. Intrigued? I know I was when I first heard this mentioned on the This is Fifty podcast. The guest, Marcia Wieder, is an author and coach who writes about dreams–the waking, visionary kind, not the sleeping,… Read More ›
Reflections
The Anti-Resolution
It’s midway through February, and I have made no resolutions. But I have been thinking about all the things I would like to drop in 2017: Stress The delusion that this year (THIS is the year) I will be fit… Read More ›
Get Back on that Horse
Last week I came down with the flu. It was a doozy–fever, chills, stuff leaking out of everywhere. The kleenex box couldn’t keep up. Neither could my patience, which, frankly, is phyllo-thin at best. Every few hours, I’d get up… Read More ›
Choose Yourself ~ James Altucher
James Altucher’s Choose Yourself is a loose, rambly piece of work, a book only in its physical form. I like to think of it is more as a collection of aphorisms by someone who has been on the path–sometimes choosing… Read More ›
Midlife Crisis: A Revisionist Story
The way we think about midlife is broken. No, really. I hate these end-of-the-road, time-to-pack-it-in, tropes about midlife, and I know you do, too. The dirty little secret that no one will tell you about midlife (no, not even your… Read More ›
The Cup Song
Today’s Quest2016 prompt from Seth Godin Who would miss me when I’m gone? I’m not gonna lie. I’ve often wondered who would show up at my funeral when I die. And I have a list of people I think would… Read More ›
Future Self
Tracking Wonder Quest # 4 is brought to us by Dr. Tina Seelig, faculty director of the Stanford Technology Ventures Program. She asks – What advice would your future self a year from now give you today? My response this… Read More ›
AROHO: Women in the Presence of Women
I should have known this. I went to an all-girl school and an all-girl university. I should have known that women in the presence of only women relate differently compared to when women are in the company of men. When… Read More ›