Taken by surprise

Taken by surprise

Yesterday I was taken by surprise. I had hand surgery. I knew I was going to the hospital for 1:00 pm. I knew I was going for a procedure to release my carpal tunnel. I even read about it. It seemed simple enough, in and out in a few minutes. My impression was I would...
Five life lessons from the breath

Five life lessons from the breath

I have been reflecting on the breath recently. The breath is what accompanies us through life from the moment we enter this world to the moment we leave it. Yet we take it for granted and it has so many lessons to share with us. As I reflected, I realized that it is a...
How vulnerable are you willing to be?

How vulnerable are you willing to be?

My strength was striving In my recovery from burnout, I have been faced with the question: How vulnerable am I willing to be? over and over and over again. Being vulnerable is not something that I had ever considered as a strength. In my career, vulnerability did not...
The gift of time

The gift of time

I have been privileged I have been privileged to be able to take time for self-reflection and not just a moment but an investment of three years. I gifted myself something that is rare in our western world, time to just be. The time I have taken is well beyond what I...
Are you pretending?

Are you pretending?

All the resistance just dropped away Two weeks ago I was dancing with fear, delaying the sign-off on my book and then I did it. I signed it off. All that resistance, all the anxiety just dropped away after I pressed send on my email to the publisher. I started to...