Slow and Steady Wins the Race

This post is dedicated to my friend Fran who sadly passed away early this year.   Turtles were her favorite animal as they often used as a metaphor for patience.  The above picture is of a magnet that was given away at her services. And in this is a story…. Fran was in recovery from…

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Sweet Moments of Stillness

As August hits it’s mid range point, everyone in New England ramps up for the beginning of the school year.  Some are out back to school shopping.  Where others, like myself, are sopping up every last possible wave in the sea like it were my last.  These moments have been bittersweet as they, like other…

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You Are Stronger Than You Think

  A friend said to me earlier this year… “You are stronger than you think, you know.” Hmm I pondered.  Could this be true?  Then I saw this saying in a magazine and I just needed to cut it out and put it on my vision board. Strength is a funny thing.  We often think…

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Acceptance Leads to Freedom

Letting it Go seems to be the theme of my life these days   This song has become my fav and I play it in yoga class often these days. The concept of accepting people, situations, and ourselves just as we are right here right now feels as free as the wind that is blowing…

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Where Peaceful Waters Flow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Zv03cVFH_s Imagine this….me driving home from a beautiful day at the beach….this song comes on my Ipod and tears start streaming down my face.  Why you ask?  Oh it’s one of those stories with colorful yarn that makes up a beautiful blanket that heals.  Gladys Knight brings me way back to real good times as…

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Finding Yourself

So often in my work people come to me feeling a sense of loss.  It’s a loss that is not tangible because it doesn’t root in the external world.  It’s not like a death of a loved one or a loss of a job; although it could possibly look like that on the outside.  It…

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Fear is Just a Feeling

Life has been so crazy lately.  There was just a full moon, did you see that? Per usual, when I am feeling crazy and worried and basically all up in my head…I see hearts like this one on my cutting board while cleaning my kitchen:)  Ah the hearts….they are always good for a laugh as…

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Surrender, Let Go, Be Free

Lately I have been working on letting go.  Not just the airy fairy “let go you can’t control it” BS but really and truly trusting in the Universe, in God, in something larger than myself to help support me along the way.  Now I know that sounds like a whole lot of heavy doo doo …

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Dawning of a New Day

Today is Patriot’s Day, also known as Marathon Day here in Boston.  It ‘s a day that has become associated with the “Boston Strong” logo for strength and community after the bombing at the marathon two years ago.  While anniversaries are always a time to look back and think of ourselves as “survivors” I would…

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What is your Hum?

This morning I decided to slow down.  My brain said “go to the gym” and my body was say “woo Nelly….sit down, lay down, chillllllllll.”  And so I did just that.  In doing so, I decided to pick up my trusty IPad and look at TED talks.  Something I used to do all the time.…

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