Sometimes, we just need motivation to put an end to our less-than-ideal habits. Sometimes, we just need a to find a community that supports new, positive habits. Too much TV/computer/smartphone use is on the rise. I have friends who take weekends off because the barage of information is just too much for their brains to [...]
To be Awesomely Awake, we must power down a little each day. We’re not of the belief that a whole week or a whole month or a whole year, is necessary. Instead, we feel it’s more important to unplug at various times every day to make time to appreciate real things, do real things and see real things — [...]
What would happen if just today you let go of the tight grip you keep on your life? Would the world fall apart? Would YOUR world fall apart? What if you didn’t care about what your children ate, the activities they did, if your husband packed his lunch or even if he was going to [...]
You begged for help today and no one answered. Just breathe. The children woke up a half hour too early and will be a mess by 9 a.m.. Just breathe. Milk was spilled all over the counter and the clean clothes. Just breathe. She had another tantrum over nothing. Again. Just breathe. He only wants to watch TV [...]
Our intention this week is to be inspired. You can read about other Awesomely Awake intentions here. Some days we have regular, average, nothing special kinds of days — you know, when you drop the kids off, go to work, pick the kids up and then go home and make dinner and then do homework and [...]
Life is your playground. Learn to play the game. Swing like there’s no tomorrow. Swing up to the clouds. Swing until dark. Swing until your toes touch the sun. Laugh like you’re sliding down a mountain. Laugh like you’re rolling down a hill. Run like a monster is chasing you. Run like you mean it. Run [...]
So just how do we live more? It’s perhaps a little easier said than done, right? Especially — well, particularly — for those of us with children. Perhaps even harder for those of us with no family to help out for even a day, let alone a night or a weekend? How do we live [...]
I love family art days. When our family gets together at the dining room table to do art together, my heart swells with pride. It’s perhaps one of my Top 10 family moments each year. Fortunately and unfortunately we had time to throw together Family Art this past weekend. To say that one of my [...]
When you wake today, May You Notice. May you Pay attention. May you see and honor the tiny, yet beautiful details of life unfolding before your very eyes. May you feel how the earth holds you up, grounds you and gives you something to stand on, something to stand for each day. May you smell the coffee [...]
