Tag Archives: letting go

Things I’ve Learned From Self-Employment: Part 1

Posted on October 7, 2012

As my dear friend & author Peter Darling celebrates his 10th year at Microsoft, I teeter on the brink of completing my 2nd full month of self-employment. What a short, strange trip it’s been… Self-care I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: self-care is the cornerstone to my… Read On →

Posted in Inspiration | Tagged ahimsa, letting go, Microsoft, self-care, self-employment, trust, trust the process, Winter Republic, workaholism, yoga, yoga instructor | 2 Comments

My New Life: Yoga Instructor

Posted on September 23, 2012

It’s taken 6 weeks to write this post. My nerves were high, my fear great. Somehow, I thought the friends & family who knew me from the corporate world, would think less of me when I told them about my new life. Somehow, I felt judgement before the judgement was… Read On →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged authenticity, Chicago Yoga Center, contentment, fear, humility, joy, letting go, office job, Power Yoga, Power Yoga On Main, processing grief, trust, yoga, yoga instructor, yoga teacher training | 2 Comments

Haiku Reflections on The Master Cleanse

Posted on March 8, 2012

My dear pal Chelsea Griffie taught me a fun way to capture succinctly the adventure of an outdoor trip – write haiku! Haiku is a poetry format in three lines, with the syllables in 5-7-5 format. You can find these & many more haiku on Twitter. This time it’s about my… Read On →

Posted in Food | Tagged body awareness, cayenne pepper, chicken broth, cows, emotions, food, hawks, hemorrhoids, lemonade, letting go, maple syrup, physical body, plains, poop, prairie, roadtrip, runs, The Master Cleanse | 2 Comments

It’s a New Year Every Day

Posted on December 31, 2011

Yesterday was a really tough day. Somehow whatever remaining expectations I was clutching to, especially around getting a job, slapped me in the face, and I cried from the sting. Things simply weren’t going my way, and I’d had enough. I thought I was taking all the right steps, putting… Read On →

Posted in Inspiration | Tagged 2012, barter, brushing teeth, calendar, chicago, choices, embracing, film cataloguing, frustration, grumpy, letting go, marketing small business, New Year, no job, yoga | 2 Comments

The Clown’s Come Back

Posted on June 30, 2011

Many years ago, while attending a graduate program for psychology, I attended a one-day workshop on the psychology of clowns. The leader had a new clown nose for each person. One by one, each participant walked to the front of the room, and after turning their back to the group,… Read On →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged clown noses, fear, feeling good, letting go, marginalized, not pretending, outsider, pretending, sad clown, the other | Leave a comment

A Coastal Rain

Posted on June 29, 2011

Yesterday, I went on a 6 mile run along the beach. It rained the entire time, no one was out on the sidewalks, and the beach was empty except for ornery seagulls and seaweed shrapnel. It was the first time in a while, where my shoulders relaxed, my breath… Read On →

Posted in Inspiration, Nature | Tagged Alameda, beach, CA, coast, exercise, gratitude, grief, joy, letting go, loss, rain, relief, running | Leave a comment