Archive for August, 2010

August 26 2010

All Aboard the Train Bound for Somewhere!

Destinations:  Dublin, London, Athens, Prague, Budapest, Rome.   My daughter’s travel schedule for the next four months is neatly laid out with itineraries, travel buddies, airplanes, trains and buses, lots of euros, and a journal to record it all in.  Oh, and 17 little credits of classes to keep her focused on not having way too [...]

August 25 2010

Speaking Your Truth: Be Inspired!

Today is the day!  Please order your  Speaking Your Truth book at Amazon.com This book is a great read in itself or an inspiring gift for a friend, colleague, or family member. Be inspired by women’s stories about Finding Your Path, Health and Healing, Family Matters, Love and Abuse, Faith and Spirituality and Self-Discovery. I [...]

August 23 2010

She is On Her Way

She is much braver than me. I am reminded of the story of  Tony’s great grandmother who at the age of 16, took her older sister’s ticket to board a ship to America when her sister chickened out.  With nothing but the clothes on her back, she hopped on a ship bound for a new [...]

August 20 2010

Bon Voyage

On Monday, my daughter will leave for a semester abroad where she will be studying in Greece and Rome.  What an exciting time in her life!  She was talking to a friend of our the other day, and he said he would be so nervous to send his daughter abroad, and he doesn’t even have [...]

August 17 2010

Speaking Your Truth Launch

The countdown has begun.  We are just days away from the launch of the Speaking Your Truth book, a collection of women’s stories about overcoming adversity. It has been an exciting journey to be a part of this book.  It is fun to be with other writers, sharing our experiences.  It is amazing to read [...]

August 15 2010

Tell Your Story

Yesterday we celebrated family birthdays at my sister-in-laws house. As she handed my daughter her birthday gift, she handed me a gift too and said she couldn’t wait until Christmas.  Congratulations were in order now. It was a beautiful hanging angel that says,”Tell Your Story.”  I nearly cried because I was so touched that she [...]

August 12 2010

A Healing Presence

I am committed to being a healing presence in the world. This statement came to me as I was finishing my third healing touch session for the day.  I was playing over in my head my heart virtue, or at least what I thought was my heart virtue- something about inspiring others to awaken to [...]

August 9 2010

The Silver Lining

Yesterday, some clouds were covering my ability to see all the good in my life.  I had a day of self doubt, worry, anger and the inability to look beyond my personal failures to little successes that have lined my path over the past years.  I was focused on all the grayness, the inconsistencies, and [...]

August 8 2010

The World Keeps Rolling

When I realize that the last time I blogged was two weeks ago, and I think of all that has taken place in two weeks, I am at first amazed at how fast the time disappeared, and then I am saddened by all the little intuitive writing hits that came and went without anything to [...]

August 4 2010

Ah-Ha Moments

The Self Care Scoop At our 8 strategies meeting this week, I asked the women to share either a firecracker moment ( awe-inspiring!) or an Aha moment, a moment when a lightbulb went off in your head and you discovered something new about yourself. We had a wide variety of answers: Knowing it was the [...]

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