I remember thinking ‘just one,’ I will just eat one. I was halfway through a second tin of cookies when I realized I could not stop. I was so scared. At the time I had a very high-profile job and my only fear was, ‘What would everyone think if I got fat?’ I had recently […]
What are you grateful for? If you feel like sharing, I would love to hear. I am sharing my unusual list of four blessings with you because this was a year of ups and down, of belief and of disbelief in everyone and everything. And maybe if you had a year of the same, you […]
Don’t you hate when you know better and fall down anyhow? Guilty! While I give myself credit for being willing to keep evolving, on the other hand, I find myself frustrated that I forget the most basic of lessons. A couple of months ago, I started hosting an Artist Way group, a 12- week program of […]
In case you did not see my last admission, my getting nearer to the age of 60 has brought up some anxiety and pressure that I was not even aware was there. Suddenly, I was seeing myself as “old”, when that is not what I felt, but more of a societal story that I bought […]
How comfortable are you with the idea of actually allowing yourself to feel unhappy? There was a time in my life that I would have definitely tried to overcome my negative feelings by using affirmations, writing gratitude lists, or reading self-help material, but I learned the hard way that this did not help as much […]