Can I trust you?

Can I trust you?

Years ago someone I trusted suggested that I learn to trust myself. I don’t know about you, but I had learned to look outside for answers. And guidance. And validation. I had somehow decided that everyone knew better than I did. About everything. Even everything that...
Is your sprinkler system on?

Is your sprinkler system on?

I need to be heard. I didn’t know this until I sat down one day to figure out my needs. In coaching there is a concept of an “automatic sprinkler system” for one’s needs. I share this idea often with clients. I think I shared it today. It is, essentially, just like an...
Bow your head to your heart

Bow your head to your heart

Again it was yoga. Again it stuck with me. As we settled into a pose, and into our practice, our instructor reminded us to “bow our heads to our hearts.” I can often be ruled by my head. My head is not always a pretty place to be. I can be ruled by my fears and...
Thunder Road

Thunder Road

“Roll down the window and let the wind blow back your hair. The night’s bustin’ open, these two lanes will take us anywhere…” was supposed to be the quote under my picture in my high school yearbook, but I knew someone else was using that quote, so I picked...
The red birds are holding me over…

The red birds are holding me over…

Whenever I write – or gush – about my yellow birds, someone I love very much tells me how she feels the same way about her red birds – cardinals – when she sees them. I always think, “I wish I did too. But I find them a bit boring. They’re too many of them. And...