You and Me With Tea
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…
Read MoreSurrender, 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 …
Read MoreDawning 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…
Read MoreWhat 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.…
Read MoreBouncing Back to Resilient You
Lately I have talked to many people about the concept of resiliency. The Webster Dictionary definition of resilient is “flexible, pliable, supple, malleable.” When I think of resiliency I always think of the old toy from the 80s….the slinky!! For those of you not in the know….the slinky was a wire spiral toy that was…
Read MoreManifest Your Destiny
So this beautiful display of faith and hope happened last night. It was in a haze of peaks and valleys recently where I decided that how was I to speak of positive psychology to my clients and students if I was not to practice it for myself. Here I have all these books, articles, blog…
Read MoreBe Free to Be You
These days I have been taking a bit of a time out to recoup and move forward. Life gave me a huge one two knock out a couple of weeks ago and I am working towards becoming upright again. I spoke in our last chat Get Up Stand Up .about having taken a stand to…
Read MoreGet up Stand Up
The field of social work was founded by this amazing woman, Jane Adams. She was a pioneer, activist, wriwho stter and all around a woman stood up for the rights when it was unheard of for a woman to have a voice. She formed settlement houses to help the poor and blazed a trail for…
Read MoreLast Words
My friend…I hear this song will be playing at your services so I thought I would post it here. In this space where I will honor you in the best way I know how. Through words written in love. Oh Jesus here comes the water being shed. I seriously debated whether I would chat about…
Read MoreStep Out on Faith
In our last chat What 2015 Taught Me we chatted about how emotional 2015 was for most of us and the strength, courage and faith it taught me to cultivate. Today we are going to talk more about the heart. Literally that is. These days hearts are everywhere. When I say everywhere I seriously mean…
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