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Seeing with Magic Glasses
Although I was extremely reluctant to give it up, I’ll be on the road without a computer for the next week and a half. I’m off on a missions trip, so I’ll have much to share upon my return. I’ll miss you! Enjoy this little video. Here’s to seeing the world with magic glasses. The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others. – Ghandi As far as service goes, it can take the form of a million things. To do service, you don’t have to be a doctor working in the slums for...
read moreThin-spiration, Body Love & Beauty
In the past three days, I have seen two pictures circulating on Pintrest and Facebook from “pro-ana” sites. Unsuspecting dieters are liking and sharing these images (one at 50 likes/hr!) that display clear indicators of starving intentions: references to “pro-ana” tubmlr sites in their bottom right corners.* If you are not familiar with them, “pro-ana” sites promote anorexic images, weight loss tactics, and normalization of the condition for the the thin-obsessed anorexics who create and frequent them. The two circulating images...
read moreThe Power of Our Words
Our words have power. We create through our language. Our thoughts create our words which in turn create our actions, character, and lives. I have heard many different variations of the idea that our words have power, and never before have I understood this concept more than I do now. I teach yoga, and I’ve started offering little affirmations like, “I am strong,” or “I am peaceful,” when I see a student, say, having a hard time in a balancing posture. Almost immediately, the student’s energy will...
read moreCelebrating Single Life
Do you daydream about the grass being greener? At times, I do. One trigger is the common question, “Why aren’t you married?” So glad you asked. Let’s cut to the chase. Would I like to be married now? Sure, my perfectly designed plan included meeting prince charming years ago and our happily-ever-after with two brilliant kids by now. Fortunately, life doesn’t always adhere to my plans. At 32, life is in ways better than I could have ever imagined, and yet that “I wish I had someone to talk to about...
read moreEach Day is A Gift
By Author Unknown The 92-year-old, petite, well-poised and proud lady, who is fully dressed each morning by eight o’clock, with her hair fashionably coifed and makeup perfectly applied, even though she is legally blind, moved to a nursing home today. Her husband of 70 years recently passed away, making the move necessary. After many hours of waiting patiently in the lobby of the nursing home, she smiled sweetly when told her room was ready. As she maneuvered her walker to the elevator, I provided a visual description of her tiny room,...
read moreWhen You Fall, Get Back Up
It’s very simple, right? When you fall, brush yourself off and get back up! We’re 3 weeks into the Love Challenge (woohoo!), and it’s time for some healthy correction. Have you ever felt like you have micromanaged your life or part of it – like your diet, cleanliness, schedule, partner or otherwise? As I reflect over the past 3 weeks, I realize that I have! In effort to “choose love,” I have been controlling how much sleep I got, my meals, my exercise, and who I saw when. I was happy and felt...
read moreCultivate Your Creative [Populist]
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Are you willing to be the deviant? I was happy to make Carl Nordgren’s lecture at my school yesterday. The visiting professor of creative entrepreneurship at Duke University and self-proclaimed “Creative Populist” caught my attention. Nordren encouraged “kaleidoscopic thinking” – being willing to look at problems from every angle and explore relationships between pieces from different points of view. He said that being the deviant is a marker of the creative populist. These creatives look at culture...
read moreYou Are Magnificent
The origin of the word encourage is “en-” “courage,” which means: “to cause (a person) to be in” [his] “heart.” Encouragement speaks through the outer and goes straight to the heart. It is seeing that spark of truth within another that he does not – that perhaps has never been recognized or acknowledged. When we choose to look beyond our limited construct of expectation, we can see seeds of who a person is yearning to become. Our words – our encouragement – become water to those...
read more2 Weeks
Today is 15 – 2 weeks and a day – into my 90 day “love challenge.” Here are 6 lessons I’ve learned so far: 1. Sleep does the body good. 8 hours of power is the base ingredient of living from love. 2. Speak your truth. Where are you still hiding? Here’s a little distinction I’ve noticed: Speaking your truth means showing your whole hand – not just being truthful about 4 of 5 cards. Bring the whole truth to the table and play a different game. 3. People want to help; let them. I...
read more15 Seconds
What would you do with 15 seconds that were a matter of life and death? Tonight, I went to a screening of Promised Land, a surfing-inspired documentary that elegantly weaves Israel’s rich history with a story of shared passion that transcends the country’s cultural and religious strife. The Mayor of Sderot, Israel, David Buskila, happened to be in town, and he introduced the film. Sderot is currently under attack; 120 missiles have been fired at the city in the last 24 hours. To a captivated audience, Buskila shared what it has...
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