In my previous post, I opened up about my long, tortuous relationship with my closest and most powerful companion, Anxiety, who sometimes brought her chaos-inducing buddy Panic Attack along for the ride. Anxiety was always hanging around, planting doubt in my mind about my safety or the safety of those I loved. But one day …
Like tens of millions of other people who tuned into the Netflix fight special last night to see if Mike Tyson could beat Jake Paul in a bonafide spectacle of boxing, I’m nursing a sleep-deprived brain this morning. And I had some thoughts I want to remember later when I need inspiration. Not just about …
Morning-After Thoughts: What it Takes to Do What Mike Tyson Did Read More »
I don’t know when I had my first full-blown anxiety attack, or what precipitated it. I do remember it happened in a particularly stressful period in my life, when I was torn between my heart’s longing and my mind’s screaming “Stop! Run! Don’t!” My whole life was in turmoil and wrought with uncertainty. Anything could …
Your greatest heroes had to walk through fire and overcome enormous obstacles to achieve their dreams. What set them apart was their perseverance through the hard times, the parts of the journey where most of us throw in the towel. Why do so many of us give up on our dreams? Because we want to …
What do you think are the keys to true happiness and life satisfaction? When a large group of millennials was asked to share their most important life goals, eighty percent said they wanted to be rich. Fifty percent said they wanted to be famous. They believed these two things would promise them the greatest chance …
Procrastination has been one of my lifelong obstacles when it’s come to getting my writing dreams off the ground. There’s always been a major distraction — or many distractions — to push my dreams to the back burner, where they wait for “the right time.” I’m glad to have used my writing for over 15 …
Never Too Late: How Miracle Morning Changed My Life at 59 Read More »
Every marriage story I’ve ever been told started out with joy — the joy of two people who met, fell in love, and at some point decided, “This is the person I want to build a life with.” And of course, our greatest romantic notions of what marriage should be, at least for Americans, always …
Yesterday while looking for and recording quotes about joy, I ran across the following by Christopher McCandless. This one hit me hard and stopped me in my tracks: “So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, …
“Creativity is seeing what others see and thinking what no one else ever thought.” Albert Einstein Yesterday I shared a very abbreviated story about the long journey my husband has been on to bring an exciting technology project to fruition. He’s an inventor, innovator and entrepreneur now operating in his element: in the music space. …
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“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” Thomas Edison There was a time when the heavens taunted explorers who longed to see what existed beyond the naked eye, long before anyone had invented telescopes or rocket ships and space stations. Thanks …
Life Along the Extra Mile: The Musicianly Story, Ch. 1 Read More »