Archive for October 2013
Start Your Day with an A
HOW FASCINATING!! states Benjamin Zander, the conductor of the Boston Philharmonic, in response to making a mistake. I had the amazing pleasure to see Zander speak at the Harvard Medical School Coaching and Leadership Conference recently. We have had several tea discussions about how amazing this conference was and Zander was the shining star.…
Read MoreNaked and Beautiful
It seems just like yesterday when this amazing tree was a brilliant orange rivaling it’s neighbor’s beauty. It’s that time of year in New England where the trees have a local beauty contest to who can win the crown and pass on the message of World Peace to the world. One by one they have…
Read MoreSay Hello Wave Goodbye
This is one of my favorite songs by David Gray. Yesterday as I was listening to it while riding the T I was reminded of its timely message. While Gray is singing of the end of a relationship, it always reminds me of all endings and beginnings. The process of transformation. I have written…
Read MoreBringing in the light
Since we last chatted I have been thinking about our discussion in my post Busting Through Obstacles In this post I shared about about my connection to friend Ganesha and how we have become best buds over the ten months. I believe that our growing relationship is one of the many things that helped in the…
Read MoreBusting through Obstacles
UM GUM GANAPATAYE NAMAHA Om Ganesha. Some of you maybe a friends of Ganesha. Some may wonder why I am speaking in tongues and there’s a picture of a golden elephant in this post. Ganesh is a Hindu God and is known to be the Remover of Obstacles. I must begin by saying chanting has…
Read MoreBeing
These days the being aspect of the present moment is more challenging that usual. If it weren’t for the consistency of change lately life would be inconsistent. This beautiful photo is from a moment where I was able to be with beauty as it presented itself for me to see. These days I feel like…
Read MoreFree to Be…You and Me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_26FOHoaC78 Today’s chat is brought to you by a comment from a reader, my own innate silly spirit and Marlo Thomas. Last night I got the idea to formulate today’s tea time chat about this song and began going through the numerous videos of children singing in school plays. It was so sweet to see…
Read MoreThere’s No Place Like Home
So as it seems with me, art is always imitating life. Last night while waiting for the T to whisk me from work to tap dance lessons I saw a sign for Boston University that read “Because to Lead with Heart takes Guts.” And it made me think of the process that leads one…
Read MoreCircle of trust…are you in or are you out?
Over the past couple of months we have discussed the concept of adversity and how to embrace resilience. Recently I had a couple of conversations with people about resilience that really stuck out. What increases our ability to bounce back from adversity? Within this concept also arises the topic of trust. At the Harvard Medical…
Read MoreLove what you do, do what you love
Waiting for the T the other day my eyes were drawn to this ad. It made me stop and think “Ya oddly enough, these days I have been given the gift of being able to mostly do what I love every day.” I know that I have thought this over the past several months since…
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