The last few weeks have been marked by loss. Delayed mourning of my aunt who passed in February which my family was finally able to celebrate. The passing of a kind and wonderful former colleague who was taken from us too soon. Colleagues leaving. I wrote a few weeks ago about our capacity to shift our thoughts. What does shifting our thoughts mean or matter in extreme external conditions? I taught a workshop during Yoga Habit’s…
What a difference a month makes. I started March on a dreamy yoga retreat - a privilege to be sure - where I stepped away from technology, reconnected with myself and my loved ones, and reached new levels of calm. My hopes were high that I had experienced the necessary reset to enter triumphantly into the rest of 2026.Then came a couple hectic weeks, and that connection and calm were swept away. If I’m being honest…
On January 1, 2025, I triumphantly declared that blogging was back, baby! More than 365 post-less days later, I can confirm that blogging was definitely not back… baby. So, in order to facilitate writing and sharing in 2026, I’m shifting my approach. Rather than setting a schedule of what I feel I should address, I am using Oliver Burkeman’s advice and leaning into what is most interesting to me week by week. No grand plan,…