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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…
Read MoreChange Gonna Come
Summer, fall, summer, fall, winter, winter, winter, winter, winter, SPRING and so on. This is the weather of Boston. I am a summer person trapped in a winter climate. But a Boston girl I am until someday I will not. New England weather gets a bad rap but we are now in one of our…
Read MoreAre you living on the corner of Happy and Healthy?
Last night when walking home from the T I passsed Walgreens thinking I’m not exactly sure YOU are the corner of Happy and Healthy but it’s an ingenus marketing campaign. I mean, who wouldn’t want to live at that corner, right? Eternal bliss of health and wellness…sign me up! I expecially liked the poster when…
Read MoreLove, Love, Love
My friends I have missed you! Sorry for my difficulty in finding time for tea with you all. Life has been crazy lately with the creation of my upcoming website and the Harvard Medical School’s Coaching and Leadership conference over the past two days. I had the amazing opportunity to be among people in…
Read MoreCreating Kindness from Within
When talking about loving kindness with clients, I am always reminded that creating a loving and kind relationship with ourselves can be the most challenging of all. Unless you are sociopathic, you are fairly to very good at being kind to others. You may even be the person who is always willing and ready…
Read MoreCool your jets
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qS7nqwGt4-I Cool your jets my Mom would say. Interesting as calming anger has often been spoken of in Buddhist literature as coolng the fires within. Recently the topic of anger came up and it got me thinking. I have been talking a whole lot about happiness; possibly to the point of overdose on the…
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