Why Connection Matters Plus 4 Ways to Connect Today
Connection matters. Feeling connected means we’re likely to experience less sadness, loneliness, low self-esteem, and even health issues. In his TED talk, Robert Waldinger notes that connection is part of a good life. In fact one of the biggest findings of the...
Want to Love Your Life in 2022? Start with Values
It’s a time of year for making resolutions (and maybe breaking them already) and setting goals. But where I like to start is values. Your core values define what matters most to you. They might include family, learning, wonder, adventure, and community or...
Ready for 2022? Start with How You Want to Feel
There’s something satisfying about pausing to reflect at the end of the year. To do that, it helps to really look at what happened. While daily you might feel like you didn’t get enough done or nothing has changed, in looking over a longer period of time, we often...
Want More Calm During the Holidays? Embrace Gratitude
We’ve just passed Black Friday and Cyber Monday. The holidays are here – Hanukkah and Advent both started on Sunday, Christmas, Kwanza and the Winter Solstice all happen this month. It’s a busy time. And hopefully a joyous time as well. I want to acknowledge that...
Journal with Me: Family Stories
In last week’s blog, I shared how stories help you build and deepen connection within your family and with friends as well. The holidays are approaching, and this is a great time to share stories with family and friends and ask questions to learn more. Somewhere...
Why Family Stories Are More Important Than You Think
I’ve always loved hearing stories. The made up ones my daddy told my sister and me at bedtime, the ones my mom read from books of myths, fairytales and fables, and the ones told to me by parents, my uncle, my grandparents, or other relatives about the past. But here’s...
Journal with Me: Connect Through Stories
In last week’s blog, I shared my love of how letters help us to connect with and also celebrate the people you love and care about. The center of all great letters are stories. Stories about the person you’re writing to, stories of how that person had an impact on you...
How Heartfelt Letters Bring You Closer for the Holidays
Fall, glorious fall. As I am writing at my desk in Wellfleet, the leaves are starting to turn beautiful colors, the temperature tells me it’s truly fall – and the extra blanket reminds me that November and the holidays are not too far away. For our family, the...
Journal with Me: Focus and Curiosity
Many mornings I walk on the beach with Murphy, my 5-year-old golden retriever. He’s a wonderful companion and easy to walk with as he is totally focused on retrieving his orange “chuck it” ball. My husband or I throw the ball, Murphy catches and runs back, drops it at...
Are You On Hold?
Do you ever feel like Bill Murray in the movie Groundhog's Day, waking up to repeat the same day over and over? In that movie, Phil, played by Mr. Murray, is doomed to repeat each day for what feels like forever. As Phil finds what creates meaning and purpose, and...