Become your own ritual official

Great advice that’s incredibly easy to implement…

Cheers to putting maximum effort into gratitude.

The struggle with forgetting is real, and it’s showing up in my life a lot these days. I’m encountering it in primarily two ways…

​Upon entering the room of my 88 year-old hospice client, my eyes immediately feasted on two things she was wearing–a bright smile and a tee-shirt that had the words, “Weekend Vibes” splashed across the chest…

​Having one’s sh!t together is a big deal, especially when one is going through some sh!t. When I found myself in the unfamiliar space of not having my sh!t together recently, I discovered an anchor…

​“Time to LOCK IN,” my son declared as he entered the kitchen, seemingly on a mission, ready to plunge into an assignment on his laptop.

​As we transition into the new school year, I can’t help but notice the yard signs acknowledging students who graduated in the spring…

​I’m starting to believe that besides death and taxes, the only other guarantee in life is traffic

​I love the phrase [so-and-so is] “living their best life.” Even when it’s expressed with a little sarcasm, this concept consistently delights me. 

​“Commit!” A child yelled this sage wisdom from a chair lift to a reticent skier navigating a steep run under the lift. It turns out that the unsolicited advice was apropos to an unrelated moment that also crossed my radar during my family’s recent ski trip…

Since the calendar turned to March, I find myself recalling fond memories of a beloved patient I got to know for nearly a year and a half through hospice volunteering.

I’m an “over-packer” when it comes to packing for trips. This became a significant issue when my family decided that we would travel to Southeast Asia for two weeks with only carry-on luggage.