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Despair and Hope
I must admit that sometimes I feel despair. I read the newspaper in the morning and am overcome by sadness and anger at our leaders’ lack...
Sue Schleifer
Aug 6, 20193 min read


An Oasis of Silence
In the doctor’s office waiting room this week, the patients staged a mutiny. Okay, that is a bit of an exaggeration. After one person...
Sue Schleifer
Jun 8, 20192 min read


Awakening From The Dream
In my dream last night, I was sitting in the audience at a table in a high school gym and on stage the actors were performing my play....
Sue Schleifer
May 21, 20191 min read


Eyes Open/Eyes Closed
I have been experimenting with listening with my eyes open and with my eyes closed. This started in a Pilates session when by chance I...
Sue Schleifer
Mar 5, 20192 min read


Leading Like a Dancer
I am reading Brené Brown’s new book, Dare to Lead, and that has me thinking more about what it means to lead. In partner dancing, the...
Sue Schleifer
Feb 8, 20192 min read


What's Behind The Doors?
We recently returned from San Miguel de Allende, Mexico where my husband and I shared a house and memorable experiences with four...
Sue Schleifer
Jan 9, 20191 min read


Designing Your Next Chapter
“I’m giving birth to my creativity. For so long, I compared myself with my peer group. Since participating in the workshop, I am not...
Sue Schleifer
Dec 3, 20182 min read


Rice and Gravy
My friend’s daughter worked for many years as a chef at a residential hospice center in San Francisco. One of the cool things they did...
Sue Schleifer
Nov 2, 20182 min read


What If?
As a Life and Leadership Coach, with experience in moving forward in my own life and helping lots of other people to do so, I would love to
Sue Schleifer
Oct 12, 20181 min read


What's Love Got To Do With It?
What’s love got to do with it? It turns out more than I originally thought. On January 1, 2015 when I took a box of letters down from...
Sue Schleifer
Sep 4, 20183 min read


We're in this Together
When I was a child growing up in Santa Barbara, we picked dandelions from the backyard after they had matured into wispy white parachute...
Sue Schleifer
Aug 4, 20181 min read


Letting Go
We sat around a small table in the dance studio located deep into the Cite des Arts building. At the previous rehearsal Christy, the...
Sue Schleifer
Jul 3, 20182 min read


Starved For Reality
Everywhere we turn, the volume has increased. This seems to be the case whether it be the noise level at restaurants or concerts, the...
Sue Schleifer
Jun 7, 20182 min read


Offering Your Best Self
Recently I had two experiences in meetings that prompt me to write this post. In the first meeting, I arrived a few minutes early to a...
Sue Schleifer
May 9, 20182 min read


What Is Your View?
Yesterday, at around 6:30 pm, my husband and I walked down Myrtle Place in our neighborhood. I was wearing shorts and a tee shirt and...
Sue Schleifer
Apr 4, 20182 min read


Saudade
I’m remembering walking the mile to my elementary school either by myself or with friends. No fences surrounded the open school. Yes,...
Sue Schleifer
Mar 5, 20182 min read


Life Is Not a Rehearsal
On a recent trip to Glasgow, Scotland (a week filled with enchanting music, theater, art, architecture, lots of walking, delicious food,...
Sue Schleifer
Feb 10, 20182 min read
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