metaphors
Restoring a Sense of Self You’ll Feel the Heat!
Last week April 19 2016 was a record breaking day of heat. The first of two in a row. Seattle (where I reside) is known for rain, not heat! Morning news reported that the day as one of the hottest day on record since 1956. “What a metaphor for doing self-development work,” I thought. Imagine…
Read MoreA View from A Drawbridge’s: Body Signals
Editor’s Note: For more than a year now I have been following the daily postings of a Seattle Bridgetender whose blog The View From a Drawbridge makes me ponder both sacred and mundane insights before starting my day. A bridgetender has a lot of time on their hands to consider the past, the present, and…
Read MoreDoes human happiness depend on filtering out the negative things in life?
“You drop a glass while making breakfast. You get stuck in traffic on your way to work. Your boss yells at you for being late. Congratulations! You’re having a bad morning. It happens to everyone, at one time or another. But how we react to the bad things in life reveals a lot about our…
Read MoreUnderstanding your female ancestors to support your Sense of Self
Editor’s Note: If you are a parent or thinking one day you might be one, do you ever consciously consider the legacy you bring to raising children? Do you even know the stories of the women and men in your lineage? March 8, 2016 was International Woman’s Day and Laura Vogels posted this piece on…
Read MoreHarbingers of health in the new year.
The new year may be still very new, and I am ready for Spring already. I search for the first flowers that break through the hard cold ground of winter each time I take a walk. Symbolically, crocuses and snow bells are harbingers of seasonal renewal for me. I remember fondly when I was young,…
Read MoreWHO is the Great Leader in your life?
When you’re not allowed to express anything in the open, you become good at reading what is unspoken. In one of their personal letters to me, a student wrote that he understood why I always called them gentlemen. It was because I was wishing them to be gentle in life, he said. ~ Suki Kim,…
Read MoreNote to Self: Please stop whispering. :)
I follow a lot of online publications and bloggers for a whole variety of reasons. I follow some for education and others for entertainment. I am a voracious reader as the writer I am. Inspiration comes from both serious and funny perspectives. The Chive is one of them I follow for pleasure, but a lot…
Read MoreTED Talk: Margaret Heffernan–Dare to disagree and say no to willful blindness.
Gayla Benefield opted to be a “whistleblower” because she cared that much and I believe she had a strong Sense of Self. She is a woman I would love to meet some day. Margaret Heffernan’s TED Talk on “willful blindness” hooked me with the story of Gayla Benefield discovering that the very source of early…
Read MoreWill you let your children choose their own path?
In early February, I spent a week in Olympia, WA with my daughter who would spend the week as a Page in the Washington State Senate. Her intention to be a Senate Page was set in motion in May the year before by an eighth grade field trip to the Capitol City. I happily tagged…
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