Today's mantra to start out the week. Print and pin to your inspiration board! "Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning." - Gloria Steinem … [Read more...]
Self-Help Me: Eat Early, Witness Fear Often
January 23, 2013 By Leave a Comment
I'm a basically happy person, but I can still use all the support, and self-helpful hints, I can get. Earlier this year I bought two books that I'm hoping will help me be a better version of myself. (That's all I'm going for - not "fixed," as … [Read more...]
Happy New Year!
December 31, 2012 By Leave a Comment
And may all obstacles to your resolutions be removed :) I'll be back later in the week with those resolutions, a guru man with the one plan I need to help me keep them, and another contest with fun stuff to win. Next week, I'll show you how to take a yoga break--at work! Thanks for a beautiful … [Read more...]
A Way to Heal
December 17, 2012 By Leave a Comment
In times of trouble, I try to think of ways I can be of service. Yoga taught me that: When I feel bad, I can heal by asking, "How can I help?" After Sandy, there were all sorts of ways for everyone to help, from donating money and time to cooking meals for those without power. By doing service, … [Read more...]
Write a Pose: The Yoga of Writing (or, The Writing of Yoga)
November 20, 2012 By Leave a Comment
One of the new things you may notice on my revamped site is that there's a whole lotta yoga going on. Why? Yoga has been an important part of my life for the past 23 years. As a writer who sits a lot (I mean a lot a lot), yoga undoes the sit-kinks. It keeps me calm. I even met my husband Nathan … [Read more...]
This Month’s Vision Board
September 6, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The phrase "vision board" may sound a little new age-y, but I believe in the power of positive visuals. Wherever my eyes go my mind goes, so I when I look up from my computer screen, I need to see things that uplift me, inspire me, and remind me of what I'm trying to do here. Because I'm … [Read more...]
Looking for Signs
August 23, 2012 By 2 Comments
Most of the time, I'm pretty confident about what I'm doing--bucking conventional so-called wisdom, finding my own path. On a random Thursday, though, I may find myself not quite so sure. Am I doing this right? What am I doing, anyway? Do I have a right to do whatever it is I'm doing? As … [Read more...]
My Not Enough Time Book List
August 14, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Book lover? I'm past that; "book junkie" is more accurate. Paper or digital makes no difference. I'll take my tomes straight up new, borrowed with a twist, in an ARC, second-hand, Kindled, folded, spindled . . . I just want to read. My favorite and most anguish-inducing episode of The Twilight Zone … [Read more...]
OM-MG, Surf is Up!!
August 9, 2012 By Leave a Comment
You know I'm a fan of double-exclamation points, but this has been a triple-exclamation point week. If you've visited my Facebook page lately, then you know that my novel BEACH GLASS (I'm not shouting; the solid caps thing is what book publishing types do with titles) is officially coming out on … [Read more...]
Inspiration: Finding Your True Purpose
August 7, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Click here to view video: Yogi Cameron on practice and finding your true purpose I really like this brief, very inspiring speech given by Yogi Cameron at this year's Tadasana Festival. YC is one of my Integral Yoga brothers, a fellow teacher as well as an author and now reality show host. Despite … [Read more...]
