Unreasonably Grateful

I don’t know about you, but this occurs to me as a high calling, and yet, it is so doable, or be able. I have said before that there really aren’t any kudos in loving where it is easy to love; it’s when we are stretched that loving is the most powerful. Then again, let’s not judge, let’s just love, openly, everywhere, freely, and often. Thank you for being here; you matter. I am offering sessions...

I’m pretty sure most of us want to avoid suffering, and yet, we also want to love and be loved. My question is: Does suffering go hand in hand with love? Listen in as we explore it together Thank you for being here; you matter. I am offering sessions on Tuesday mornings. If you want an elder to hold space for you and reflect on your amazingness, sign up on my website. I am always happy to hear fro...

Watching a tribute video the family put together for my husband’s 70th birthday brought to light just how intricate the connection among all of us is. There is no denying it when you look back on your life and see just how the pieces have come together. Let’s look at it now. Thank you for being here; you matter. I am offering sessions on Tuesday mornings. If you want an elder to hold space for you...

Sitting in silence may be challenging. I don’t know about you, but when I first sit quietly, it takes a while before the chatter stops. I don’t always even know what the chatter is saying; it is simply there. Take a deep breath, move your head from side to side and let your shoulders drop, take another breath and listen in. Thank you for being here; you matter. I am offering sessions on Tuesday mo...

Have you ever felt like you wanted to rush things along? Or perhaps that you should be further along yourself? I know I have. It takes something to let go and trust that things and you are right where they need to be. Listen as we explore plans beyond our own making. Thank you for being here; you matter. I am offering sessions on Tuesday mornings. If you want an elder to hold space for you and ref...

I suspect being humble is not all that popular in today’s culture. Perhaps it has become confused with being weak. I suggest it is the opposite, perhaps one of the characteristics of real strength. I remember watching both my father and my mother as they moved closer and closer to death, and now I see it in your sister as she navigates all the changes and uncertainties of chemotherapy, and it seem...

While laughter has been studied and found to be beneficial in so many ways, perhaps it wasn’t until my sister and I were crying that we were laughing so hard that the reality of its healing powers really kicked in. If you find yourself struggling to make sense of what's happening and there don’t seem to be any answers, sometimes just stepping back a bit may help you see the humor in the situation...

Have you ever noticed that when you are waiting, things often get clearer? Have you ever had a change of heart while waiting for something to take place? Consider that something powerful happens when we wait. Listen in. Thank you for being here; you matter. I am offering sessions on Tuesday mornings. If you want an elder to hold space for you and reflect on your amazingness, sign up on my website....

I‘m pretty sure we all know in life there will be storms. Most of us have heard some version of that many times, the question we are exploring this week is just how do you face a storm. I heard something recently that had me get curious, did you know that cows run in the opposite direction of a storm and yet Buffalo run directly into the storm. If you think about it the cows are going to experienc...

For several years in my forties, I swam in the ocean each morning. The water was cold when we dove into the Bay and often times it would take a while before my strokes would find the rhythm of the waves in order that I wouldn’t swallow too much water whenever I turned my thermal cap covered head to take a breath as I watched the city lights in the dawn of early morning. This past week has been ful...

As I walk beside my sister, making her choices about treatment, she asked me the other day what I would do if it were me. It is never really easy to put yourself in someone else’s situation; there are so many variables. However, I did share this with her, I would surround myself with love. Listen in for what that might mean to you. Thank you for being here; you matter. I am offering sessions on Tu...

No one wants cancer. Having spent several days over the past week going with my sister to her specialist while she gathers all the information to make the best decision about treatment has been heartwarming. I have to admit that it feels like choosing among all the bad options. However, I keep looking for a way to reframe it, rather than from a strictly medical perspective, so I invite you to list...

Before the Information Age we find ourselves in, most of us trusted some well-known newsmen who showed up on television each morning or night and informed us what was going on. We believed them. It isn’t like that anymore. Everyone has an opinion, and it can easily be broadcast. While that is true of what is going on in the world around us, this episode looks at who we believe about what is going...

While we have shared about change, which is constant and ongoing, this episode, which comes out on Easter Sunday, is about transformation. It is more than a change, as change can happen within the same set of circumstances; transformation brings something into existence that wasn’t there before. Something is now possible that was not possible before. Listen in as we explore a new future together....

We all spend a good bit of time waiting. Whether it is in lines, for takeoffs. Events, calls, appointments, you know what I mean. We wait often. The question is, how do we wait? In this episode, I am suggesting that a great way to wait is in wonder. Listen in. Thank you for being here; you matter. I am offering sessions on Tuesday mornings. If you want an elder to hold space for you and reflect on...

305 Then and Now Embracing Change We have probably all heard that change is the only constant in life. There is a change in every moment, and yet sometimes we resist it, sometimes we wish it would happen, and other times we are completely unaware that change is happening every moment. Let’s look at how to embrace it together. Thank you for being here; you matter. I am offering sessions on Tuesday...

Of course, there is always a giver and a receiver when giving takes place. However, I got to thinking this week about how giving is receiving and what a beautiful gift that is. Listen in, Thank you for being here; you matter. I am offering sessions on Tuesday mornings. If you want an elder to hold space for you and reflect on your amazingness, sign up on my website. I am always happy to hear from...

While most of our attention is on getting or having, consider that it is something available when we begin to look at what we can do without. Emptying is a wonderful practice that often gets us back to no-thing, to at least closer to it. The space where there is No-thing in your way of love. Listen in as we explore the process of doing without. Thank you for being here; you matter. I am offering s...

As I continue to walk through life with my sister, I am aware of how many opportunities she faces that we all face, maybe just not as obvious. While no one knows when our life may come to an end, we often live as if tomorrow is a given rather than a gift. Listen in for some insights her diagnosis is offering us all. Thank you for being here; you matter. I am offering sessions on Tuesday mornings....

How often do you and I live in indecision? We don’t always look at it this way, but honestly, whatever we are doing, thinking, or saying is actually the result of some choice we have made, and yet when facing the BIG questions in life, there is a cost to indecision. Think about it as you listen in this week. Thank you for being here; you matter. I am offering sessions on Tuesday mornings. If you w...

Have you ever realized how many little choices we make each day that shape our future? How about the fact that our future is truly unknown, yet we often live with a degree of certainty. As I walk through my sister’s diagnosis with her, I feel her courage as she truly faces the unknown and has to make choices. Listen in and see what applies to your life and embrace the opportunity to learn without...

What if we are all, no matter our challenges or accomplishments, in the same school of loving and being loved? What if daily, even momentarily, we are invited to love or be loved more deeply, more completely? How are we all doing? Let’s look at this together this week. Thank you for being here; you matter. I am offering sessions on Tuesday mornings. If you want an elder to hold space for you and r...

Have you ever noticed that, no matter what happens, there is a hidden gift? What if we lived our lives finding and being present to the gifts, rather than whatever else is captivating our attention? Listen in, see what gifts you might be missing. Thank you for being here; you matter. I am offering sessions on Tuesday mornings. If you want an elder to hold space for you and reflect on your amazingn...

It’s true bad things do happen and while perhaps we live hoping they don’t happen to us, they often do. So, what do we do when bad things happen. Let’s look at how to navigate tough times while still keeping your heart open. Thank you for being here; you matter. I am offering sessions on Tuesday mornings. If you want an elder to hold space for you and reflect on your amazingness, sign up on my web...

I suspect we all know when something isn’t complete. We keep getting tripped up by it. It keeps arriving on the surface of our consciousness even when we aren’t intentionally thinking about it. It lives on repeat in our minds. You get the idea. Well in this episode lets ’s look at how you can tell when something is actually complete. Let’s look Thank you for being here; you matter. I am offering s...