Category Archives: Quotations

Photo Friday: learning from nature

My next online class begins on Monday.  It’s a fun and quick two-week course called Rule-Free Photography through Live it to the Full: Online Workshops and Destination Retreats for Navigating Through Life’s Transitions.  Anyone want to join me?

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Thoughts on wholeheartedness

I love reading and learning more about happiness.  What is it exactly? How do you cultivate it? I find that I feel best when I am being authentic (like Gretchen Rubin’s personal commandment to “Be Gretchen.”). Brene Brown writes and … Continue reading

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Make every day joyful

“We should consider every day lost in which we have not danced at least once.”   Nietzsche Doesn’t this little rose branch look like a little hand stretching up? Gretchen Rubin recently did one of her happiness interviews with Richard Florida. … Continue reading

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Self-care for the novice (me!)

We’ve talked all week about allowing ourselves to relax.  Some of what I’ve been learning lately is sinking in… yesterday morning I woke up feeling tired and a little full from this past week’s many activities and I actually told … Continue reading

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What to do with empty time

Apologies for quoting Martha Beck yet again, but this article was hugely eye-opening for me.  In it, she gives some advice detailing exactly what to do with any amount of found time so that you’re prepared to use it wisely … Continue reading

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The importance of empty time

Yesterday we talked about signs that we need to literally stop and be still. I took out my to-do list this morning and really looked at it.  I imagined it was 50 years from now and tried to decide which … Continue reading

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