Or it often feels like magic. Let me give you an example. Anthony, our playwriting teacher, sends us a writing prompt each Tuesday...

I am posting my February blog a bit early because I want to alert you to a couple of events that begin soon. As February is the month of...

In Manny Yekutiel’s January 3, 2023 newsletter he wrote: “How are you feeling about 2023? What's your one-word description of how you...

It was with curiosity, excitement, and trepidation that I headed to the first session of the World Harmony Chorus rehearsal. The last...

Our next-door neighbor, Charlie, plays baseball on two teams. As you might imagine, that means he attends many practices in addition to...

I’m getting better at savoring small moments of enjoyment and bigger moments of success. I wasn’t always this way. When I was younger, I...

I received a letter from Assessor, Phong La with the County of Alameda. I was happily surprised by the words written on the back of the...

I’m looking out the window of my office/guest room at the overgrown magnolia tree in our front yard, and if I stand, I see a distant view...

In 2013 I wrote a chapter for my book, The Key To The Castle, entitled “New Destination.” It is time to write “New Destination Part II or...

This story is from my book, The Key To The Castle: Zen and Travel Stories of Trust, 2013. When I travel to a new place, whether to...

Do you know someone who has trained or studied for years in a particular field or artistic area and then is not able to find work in...

What I love in my coaching work is helping people design their next chapter. For many people, it can be challenging to decide which...

Recently I’ve discovered a podcast, that I can’t get enough of, called “Soul Music.” In each approximately 30 minute episode, they...

My husband stood up from the dining room table after breakfast and said he was headed to his office to write an exam. I said, “Aren’t you...

On my walk today I listened to Shankar Vedantam interview organizational psychologist Loran Nordgren on The Hidden Brain podcast. They...

In the last several years, I know of several people who have met their partners through an online dating service and others who have not...

What if you received a call from MacKenzie Scott (see below) informing you that your organization was the recipient of a sum of money...

If you are like me, you find inspiration from stepping outside your daily routine or in noticing intimate encounters in nature. I invite...

In the past few weeks, two of my coaching clients have described “career tests” that they took in their past that they thought told them...

Last weekend I decided to make crawfish etouffee for the first time. The recipe called for making a roux. I stirred and stirred and...