When I was a young girl, I loved art, but I didn’t think I was very good at making it. There were better artists than me in my grade at school, and my art teacher never seemed to get excited about my work. Art wasn’t anything I was praised for, so I just assumed I Read More
“We can train and develop our mind to create inner peace, happiness, and compassion… All we need to do is create the conditions for them to emerge, grow, and flourish.” – Chade-Meng Tan A few months ago, I listened to a talk by Chade-Meng Tan. He’s not only an expert software engineer at Google, but Read More
Adventure scares me. There, I said it. I’ve also said that I truly believe that the reason that so many of us choose to live in safe little boxes is because we’ve *consciously* built those boxes ourselves after “less-than-ideal” experiences earlier in life. And sometimes when we’re tucked into our cozy boxes, we wind up Read More
“Happiness is like those palaces in fairy tales whose gates are guarded by dragons: we must fight in order to conquer it.” – Alexandre Dumas Let me tell you the one thing that I am certain about when it comes to happiness, or feeling happy, or “being” happy. It’s not instant. As much as popular culture Read More
“Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us.” – Boris Pasternak As you may know, my family and I live just a few hours from Walt Disney World. In addition, Disney offers Florida residents deeply discounted passes to all the parks, so we go there often. I grew up in NY so trips Read More
“Enthusiasm is contagious- you can start an epidemic.” – unknown One thing I can say about living with a seven-year-old (my daughter, Gracie) is that I have learned a LOT about enthusiasm. Most young kids are totally on board for ANYTHING that looks fun, no matter what their skill level or experience is with that Read More