Distractions

Those things that pull us away from our goals. Iā€™ve written about procrastination and spinning plates when you add distractions you have a recipe for disaster. My blog post is 2 days late this week because of distractions. If I had a more structured manner to write...

The Grief Box

Last week I was talking to a woman who lost her husband almost a year-and-a-half ago. He and his brothers went on a yearly golf outing and this year when the brothers went, they found a golf ball with a logo from where he worked in the rough. They said it was him...

I Speak Ohmart

Fluently! I also speak Socolofsky. The combination of the two is my native tongue. Whatā€™s yours? Several weeks ago, a friend was leading a bible study and she said “I speak Swart”. And then went on to explain that her language is based on how the people...

Firsts And Lasts

Johnā€™s senior year of high school has been bittersweet. Itā€™s been full of firsts and lasts. Lasts for John. Firsts for all of us without Mike. Mikeā€™s birthday, eight days after he died, was the first such event. It was so fresh, and John had a swim meet on that day so...

Mindfulness

On Monday I shared the cartoon at the right on FaceBook. It recalled much of my teaching in the Equine Gestalt Coaching MethodĀ® program. Melisa often said that horses are always in the present moment, always mindful and they help us be. Mindfulness means maintaining a...