Love

Creating Your Own Lover’s Day

It’s about three weeks until that dreaded Hallmark consumerfest known as “Valentine’s Day.” Some of my consumer clients for whom I write newsletters have already begun to use the holiday as an excuse to get people to buy Buy BUY! There’s nothing wrong with that inherently; I’m a firm believer in capitalism, and after all, if …

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Life

creating a bit of nowhere to know where you are

Know-Where Man Location is a funny thing these days. Many of our devices are location-aware, so I can tell my phone “Remind me to take in the car seat when I get home” and it will actually wait until I’m near my apartment to let me know! My volunteer login code for the VA Hospital …

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Practice

getting to know fear

Scaredy-Dance “I do not think you can get rid of the fear… but you can dance with it.” — Seth Godin I came across this quote in the excellent 99U newsletter and it had a resonance to my mantra of “Dance, Don’t Scramble.” I almost hesitate to use it because of a single article: the quote …

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Practice

a simple time of peace

A Recipe for A STOP Ingredients: one day (or more as desired) a space of protected solitude (apartment, secluded pirate hideout, whatever) two healthy meals and healthy snack one decadent meal and shamelessly delicious dessert partner/assistant/guide/BFF writing/reading materials two 30-minute meditation sessions one flow workout (tai chi, dance, yoga) optional: craft projects, recreational substances of …

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