by Dawn | Apr 7, 2016 | Uncategorized
We talk so much about balance these days— family and work, self-care and care for others, rest and productivity. Have you noticed that it’s ridiculously challenging to stay in balance for any length of time? One minute we’re in balance, then...
by Dawn | Mar 22, 2016 | Uncategorized
My daughter and I were having one of our regularly scheduled fights about her phone use. Texting, instagram, snapchat—all vehicles that rob her attention from more meaningful ways of connecting. Yet, the more I demanded and threated, the more tenaciously...
by Dawn | Feb 9, 2016 | Uncategorized
For years, I’ve courted the belief, “if only I had XYZ” or “if only he/she/they would act differently” (which usually meant act the way I wanted them to act), then I could relax. Then I can really be happy. It’s an...
by Dawn | Dec 22, 2015 | Uncategorized
When you’re hungry, eat. When you’re tired, rest. When you criticize yourself, love yourself more. Somewhere along the line, many of us, myself included, bought the belief that putting ourselves down leads to self-improvement. Or, that self-criticism keeps us in...
by Dawn | Nov 11, 2015 | Uncategorized
This is the second of a three part installation of Lessons I Learned from Cinderella. Lesson #2: Don’t Waste Your Energy “The greatest risk any of us can take: to be seen for who we truly are” concludes the narrator in one of the final scenes of...
by Dawn | Nov 4, 2015 | Uncategorized
LESSONS I LEARNED FROM CINDERELLA –LESSON 1: GOT LIZARDS? This is the first of a three-part installation of Lessons I Learned From Cinderella. Here we go: First of all, that Fairy Godmother is the bomb. Who couldn’t use a Fairy Godmother to help put things...
