Life Without Bookends

On Resistance and Procrastination: Intelligence or Something to Overcome? Life is perfect sometimes. I planned a different episode and recorded it 3 times only to realize it wasn't happening. Either the time for it was off, or it's not meant for me to record. Some things are simply 'good ideas' with no energy to back them up. Resistance and procrastination are only problematic when we're fixated o...

The Challenge of Being Yourself: How 'weird' do you allow yourself to be? We all want to 'be ourselves,' yet we live in a world where fitting in to get along ofter supersedes that real drive. Some people go in the other direction - seeming to exaggerate their weird. Others, such as some of those among us who are neurodivergent, can't help but be themselves. No answers. Just questions: How 'weird'...

In this episode I offer additional insight into what I mean about “Life without Bookends.” And what can happen when they fall by the wayside. Life contains obvious bookends, such as one’s relationship or marriage, parenthood, school, and one’s job or business. But, what about the more subtle bookends embedded in the vocabulary of our culture, and the hand-me-down beliefs that unknowingly shape beh...

A short clip to explain why, after only three episodes, Money and Life Shifts is now Life Without Bookends. 

When a marriage no longer fits, it might not be weird. It might even make sense. This episode was originally recorded in late 2021, a few months before my divorce date. I found myself feeling vulnerable and afraid, alongside the contrasting awareness that this was the right move. From the Episode When the walls of that container became smaller and smaller, I was quite ready to free myself. And the...

In this episode, Rethinking Purpose, I briefly explore what gives us our sense of purpose, and the motivation behind it. Purpose is often tied to what we're doing in life, or what we're giving in life, basically anything that we're engaged in that makes us feel like we have purpose.  When I recorded this, I was thinking back to a time when I was doing work that I really loved doing. And I wondered...

When life shifts… what happens to our relationship with money? In episode, Money - The Myth and the Math, I begin exploring the role money plays in how we orient our lives, and what happens when that foundation changes. In this episode: Why we tend to organize our lives around money How life transitions change our financial reality and identity The idea that “more” is not always the answer Money a...