Not My Circus, Not My Monkeys

not my circus, not my monkeys

Hello sweet Friends, Here we go launching into the holiday season and you know what that means! Between the moments of merry-making, there will be lots of opportunities for us to practice choosing peace and ease over the other stuff we could be swirling in. As you’re making your way, I am inviting you to remember a very important truth: You are not the monkey whisperer and this isn’t the circus. It’s just too hard to manage everyone and their whackness – and anyway, it’s not your job! Better for you to just practice good boundaries and watch your own… …Read More »

Holidays, Family, and Baggage, oh my!

Holidays, Family, and Baggage, oh my!

I read this great Anne Lamott interview where (among a lot of other things) she talks about dating. She’s on match.com and met a wonderful guy–cute, funny, handsome–but she just couldn’t see the point in their continuing because he said he had a completely normal childhood. No baggage to speak of, what on earth would we talk about? Mmmhmm, I totally get it. Holidays, family, and baggage, oh my! This is the time of year when those of us carrying the baggage will likely be spending time with the people the baggage is about. Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, New Years… it’s a… …Read More »

When guilt, stress, and crazy pressure can make you forget what the season truly is about

When guilt, stress, and crazy pressure can make you forget what the season truly is about

Hello amazing YOU 🙂 When guilt, stress, and crazy pressure can make you forget what the season truly is about, I am sending these tidings of joy to you 🙂 Especially now, it can feel challenging to remember yourself. I want you to know that your needs matter. Your, wishes, desires and your fun factor matters. Your life is precious. This is a time of year when our own needs often come last. Making space for yourself in the midst of what is going on in your life today and in the days leading up to the holidays is important.… …Read More »

Letting Go of Your Unrealistic Resolutions

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It is a new year, and I have been thinking about the past resolutions I’ve made. Wow, have I made some unrealistic resolutions in past years. Seriously, there were some real clinkers! I placed impossibly high expectations on myself. Never mind all the people who knew what I was attempting and kept asking me about it! My failures don’t surprise me at all–I set the bar way too high and forgot some key heart-centered wisdom. I like to say that bad experience makes the best teacher! So I hope you will learn a little something from my mistakes 😉 This… …Read More »

Staying Afloat in Troubled Times

SS Birdie by Robin Hallett

Wow, are there ever times when life hits us with some rough waves! Whether it’s a personal issue, or more of a global one, it can feel challenging to stay afloat in troubled times. How do you make space for what is happening? How do you allow for life to happen as it does, even though you’ve got other plans? Hi Robin, I am going through a pretty traumatic break up and the holidays are coming. There is not a lot of energy for decorating, or gift buying, or even baking. I feel anxious, and I cannot relax. I haven’t… …Read More »

Healing Those Holiday Blues

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Thanksgiving is coming and I’ll be honest with you. The holiday that’s about gathering with friends and family to give thanks hasn’t always been easy for me. Hard as I’d try to focus on what I was thankful for, I’d get hung up on the stuff that seemed to suck the life out of the holiday for me. I missed my parents who had passed away. I missed my friends and family who were too far away to visit. There were people I wasn’t speaking to (and some not speaking to me). Then there were the people who weren’t speaking… …Read More »