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Leap: The blessing of the recession

Posted in change, economy, gratitude, hope on January 30, 2012 | 4 Comments »

“Lasting change happens when people see for themselves that a different way of life is more fulfilling than their present one.” ~ Eknath Easwaran I’ve been thinking a lot about lasting change. We’re much more often faced with changes that happen in fits and spurts, drop by drop. On occasion we get a chance to [...]

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Beginning: Push Through In Spite of the Chatter

Posted in books, children, creativity, dreams, encouragement, hope on December 17, 2011 | 4 Comments »

“Listen to the mustn’ts, child. Listen to the don’ts. Listen to the shouldn’ts, the impossibles, the won’ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me … Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.” ~ Shel Silverstein from Where The Sidewalk Ends via Dailygood My friends Leah and Peter are having their first baby [...]

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Beginning: My Features on Sour to Sweet, a Blog Focused on People Defying the Great Recession

Posted in blog, business, celebration, economy, hope, inspiration, writing, yoga on November 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Lauren Murray is striking back against the idea that our economy has ruined all of us. Her blog, Sour to Sweet, is “my attempt to counterbalance the doom and gloom that’s already out there. Let’s celebrate the successes that, seemingly against all odds, have occurred despite the economic downturn.” Lauren reached out to me a [...]

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Beginning: Easter for All of Us

Posted in Easter, holiday, hope, tagged on April 24, 2011 | 2 Comments »

When I was a child, Easter was my favorite holiday. I would get more excited for Easter than I would for Christmas. I got wear a pretty dress and pretty shoes. We’d pack into the car and be to my grandmother’s house in Connecticut by noon. Some of my relatives would meet us there. We’d [...]

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Beginning: Finding Your Way

Posted in happiness, home, hope, meditation, yoga, tagged on April 4, 2011 | 6 Comments »

“Blessed is the person who finds what she’s meant to do with her life.” ~ Sonia, one of my meditation students at NY Methodist Hospital and a caregiver I met Sonia at NY Methodist Hospital this past week during one of my meditation sessions in the Physical Rehab Unit. She is from Croatia and is [...]

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Beginning: What We Have and Hope For

Posted in dreams, hope, tagged on January 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

This post is also available as a podcast on Cinch and iTunes. “Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.” ~ Epicurus My sister, Weez, posted this quote on her Facebook wall a few weeks ago, [...]

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Step 308: A Letter to President Obama

Posted in government, hope, politics on November 4, 2010 | 8 Comments »

Dear President Obama, While last night’s election results may seem like a referendum on the policies you’ve advocated for over the last two years, I think they are a greater reflection of the fear that so many people feel about this new economic level setting. It can be tempting to voters to think a change [...]

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Step 258: Teaching Yoga at New York Methodist Hospital

Posted in health, healthcare, hope, hospital, New York City, teaching, yoga on September 15, 2010 | 4 Comments »

Yoga provides an incredible well-being practice for everyone. There are no physical or mental limitations that prohibit a yoga practice of some variety. If someone can breath, they can do yoga. I began my journey toward becoming a yoga teacher focusing on my classmates at the Darden School at the University of Virginia. They had [...]

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Step 89: Glimmer Moments

Posted in books, creativity, design, hope on March 30, 2010 | 4 Comments »

On Bruce Nussbaum‘s recommendation, I just started reading Glimmer: How Design Can Change Your Life and Maybe Even the World by Warren Berger. I’m only a few pages into the introduction and already my mind is reeling with ideas and inspiration. Thinking and learning about design gives me more energy than a gallon of coffee. [...]

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My Year of Hopefulness – Castles in the Air

Posted in dreams, hope, inspiration, nature, writing on December 31, 2009 | 1 Comment »

“Do not worry if you have built your castles in the air. They are where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.” ~ Henry David Thoreau This is my 365th day of actively seeking out and writing about hope. This was my one New Year’s Resolution for 2009: to feel more hopeful and [...]

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