Archive for Divorce

CAN A MATERIAL GIRL REALLY LEARN TO EMBRACE SIMPLICITY?

The universe has such an incredible sense of humor.  I have been taught humility time and time again by having to embrace things that previously repulsed me.  For example, today I do not eat sugar and I do not drink alcohol.  There was a time in my life when I would not have been your friend if [...]

WHAT WILL THE NEW YEAR BE LIKE? I WONDER!

This is one of my favorite lines from one of my favorite movies, The Sound of Music.  Ok, I have modified it slightly.  In the movie, Julia Andrew’s character Maria actually asks “What will this day be like?  I wonder. What will my future be? I wonder.”   Today, I strive to live my life from a place of [...]

CONFRONTING FEAR – THE BREAKDOWN BEFORE THE BREAKTHROUGH

I have been stuck.  Paralyzed.  Stopped.  I completed my TV detox in early August and came face to face with my inner most thoughts and it wasn’t pretty. During these last few weeks I would love to say I took everything I learned about confronting my fears, being present in my life, not escaping when [...]

TV DETOX-WK 3-CONFRONTING LONLINESS; WHY AM I DOING THIS?!

How’s it going? First, a quick recap.  Week one was “interesting”.  I faced the truth about how much TV I actually watched, observed those times I wanted to give in and turn the TV on, and was able to make better choices for myself in the moment.  Week two was a little more challenging.  Felt more [...]

Leaving a job to follow your passion…Courageous or Crazy?

What if you just pulled out of life as you know it, tapped into your retirement money and decided to “throw caution to the wind” and go for it ALL?  Is this courageous or crazy?  This is my journey and on any given day, at any given moment,  I can feel like a brave warrior or [...]

“You’re crying for the jail cell when you’ve been let out of jail”

Why is it that it is so difficult to let go of things we KNOW are destructive to ourselves and our spirits? Why when I get the nudge from the universe to exercise after complaining for weeks on end about my lack of energy do I pray equally hard for another answer – “no not [...]