Lean into Vulnerability
“I can tell where your scarz are just by the way you smile….” This powerful first line in my favorite poem by Taalam Acey flashed across my awareness today. Continue reading
The Ki Line blog
Yetis and U-turns
It’s been a while. I’ve been known to take these month-long creative breaks. It is something I want to change. Writing a blog post at the moment is almost like pregnancy AND childbirth in one to me. Continue reading
Upgrade to simple
What if you could slow down time for whenever you need to pause? How different is it to watch the sunset on the beach in slow-motion? In less than 2 minutes of slo-mo video, how much calmer… Continue reading
When the Mind is too full to be mindful
Today is going to be a day of mindfulness. I confirmed that intention after waking up. I wanted eggs for breakfast. I’m usually not ready to eat until about 2 hours after getting up, and at least 30 minutes… Continue reading
How to Keep your Cool when Life puts you in the Hotseat
My top five things to balance and empower yourself in any life transition. Excerpts from a newsletter… Continue reading
So I decided I am a Solopreneur… A Small Business Story
I am an entrepreneur. A solo-preneur. Solo, the only employee in my coaching business. My small business. So small I don’t need an office. Just a laptop, wifi, and a phone. Continue reading
Innovation or In-Ovation? The 43North Experience
Pardon the pun. Innovation is huge here in Buffalo, so there is no question. The 43 North Experience will have us all in awe, and in ovation in face of so much applied genius. Continue reading
some people are suns
some sun days are perfect. some sunsets are promises already kept. some voices light a fire in your mind and make you bounce with the clouds. some people are suns. Continue reading
The ॐ “Aum” in Trauma: Where is the Gift in …?
How often do you go through some “stuff” and wonder why? You hurt emotionally, physically, financially, spiritually, any-ly ~ and before you can even allow yourself to accept that this happened to you Continue reading
Some Days
Some days, balance eludes us. Some days, our hearts and souls are so heavy, that it takes something extraordinary to give us peace. Sometimes, our hearts and souls are so ecstatic, that it takes something extra Continue reading
have a love affair with something every day
i try to fall in love with something every day. for me, this summer, it has been western new york. buffalo turned buffalove. niagara falls, new york. old world. new england. how dare they. this world is new, f Continue reading
Essence and Blessings ~ Flat Tire? Keep Rolling Pt. III
Then you fed your body, mind, and soul. As you continue to navigate this new, unchartered territory of transition life, you might wake up one day and find yourself in the middle of a construction site. Continue reading
A Walk, An Apple, A Friend, A Sunset ~ Keep Rolling Part II
Feed the body, not the beast. Self-care is our second step in transitioning powerfully from one life season into the next. Continue reading
Flat Tire In The Wheel of Life? Here Is How To Keep Rolling – Part I
You Can Count on Change. If there is one thing we know for certain, it is that life is in a constant state of flux. Change is part of the game, and the more balanced we stay throughout the process, the more pow Continue reading
Banned from Canada ~ Forced into Transition
It is hard to believe I have been on the road for three weeks already! It is even harder to believe I can add “Banned from Canada” to my resume. To some, I might lead an adventurous life, but usually… Continue reading
A Heart Full of Joy Has No Room for Fear
I had caught a nice trout and was wading amidst an army of pink salmon, when first a blond, then a cinnamon brown bear appeared to get lunch. They fished about 500 yards upriver from where I stood, grounded… Continue reading
that’s deep – a me/ducation
see, when i say that’s deep i mean what u just said will leap off the page, is the tip of a peak so i lean, glean, pulling your fins, reining you in by the skin on your temple’s bling Continue reading
loss.
and there, all of a sudden, it is. a vacuum, where just two seconds ago, we took for granted that he is here, she is still with us, they are. Continue reading
opposites
obstacle turns to opportunity. challenge turns to cheer. trouble to triumph. we choose how we see things. we choose how we treat matters. Continue reading
paris, france. beirut, lebanon. friday, november 13th, 2015
We talk about paris, but 50 dead in beirut as well, and more in gaza, but that, by now, is expected. it has gone on so long, with international approval or blind eyes, that we shrug our shoulders and look… Continue reading
transition ~ a prequel. or: how i finally became a certified professional coach.
heavy is the air in the g. ross park parking lot this evening. the park is still teeming with people, mostly families gathered for picnics and barbecues. Continue reading