Some of us are way beyond ready to completely retire. Or maybe we’re ready to move and start on an entirely new adventure. Sometimes we are finally all set to take that big leap – whatever that leap might be for us – and yet there are other critical reasons why the timing is just […]
Our magnificent bodies
What’s your story about your body? Do you know your body as a temple, an ally, an antagonist, a vehicle, a jailer, wings, a betrayer, an awesome mystery, demanding too much of you, pesky, luscious, a beloved part of the multifaceted jewel that is you? If your body was designing your next few years, […]
Recovering from constant overload
For many of us the pace of our work lives isn’t/hasn’t been sustainable. We have been in a nearly constant state of adrenal overload, where we continue to push our minds and bodies beyond their needs for rest, recovery, and play. Most of the working women I know regularly put their self care, self expression, […]
Edgy elder-hood
How might you, as an elder, stand in this question of enough-ness, for yourself and your larger world? I know it could be edgy to think of yourself as an elder, because you are so very young at heart. Yes, it’s true. You are young of heart and mind and all round spunkiness. And, dear […]
Remember when
Think of a time when you did not have enough. Maybe you didn’t have enough money or not enough time. Maybe it was a situation when you didn’t have enough necessary information. Or perhaps it was a time when you didn’t have enough people to do the work that had to be done. And it […]
Enough
It’s enough to take the day as it comes, to watch the ripples on the lake as the rock sinks to the bottom, to see the wild reflection of the surface calm into a mirror once again. It’s enough to hear the voice of fear and hide – or seek it out and face […]
Friendly impacts
We all know how much our friends influence us. Our brains tend to align with the people we spend time with. According to Moran Cerf, a neuroscientist at Northwestern University, when friends spend time together their brain wave patterns start to look almost identical. He says, “the people you hang out with actually have an impact […]
Dreaming new dreams
How are you with dreaming? How are you with imagining a new future for yourself? Sometimes, when we’ve been working really hard for a long time, we get so good at executing our current plans and obligations, that our dreaming skills get rusty. Sometimes the structure of work that provided so much direction for us […]
Sourcing the wisdom of place
When I’m in deep transition or pondering world upending changes, I find many of my light bulb insights come from being in nature. It’s not that I’m thinking logically while sitting under willows or walking along the urban river trail. It’s not that I have any plan or formula to follow. Usually I just get […]
Containers and the riches within
One reason why retiring can be so disorienting for us is that our work is like a multidimensional structure that contains, fills, and shapes much of our lives. Our work provides us with focus, meaning, purpose, boundaries, roles, identity, belonging, community and more. Take a moment to reflect on the multidimensional structure that is/has been […]