Could Positive Thinking Be Stunting Your Growth?

Could Positive Thinking Be Stunting Your Growth?

The quote above sounds lovely, doesn’t it? But what about the stuff in the shadows? There’s some real shit going on in there. Personally, I think it might be worth it to check it out. I remember years ago, when I worked for a large telecommunications...
Life Lessons from the Blue Zone: Sunrise, I rise

Life Lessons from the Blue Zone: Sunrise, I rise

I recently went to Blue Spirit in Costa Rica for DevaTree’s yoga training, Deep Attunement of the Instinctual Psoas Muscle.The experience was so very rich. Everywhere I turned, I internalized a deep sense of knowing about something profoundly important to me....
What Running Hurdles Taught Me About Life

What Running Hurdles Taught Me About Life

              I ran track in high school. I wasn’t very fast, but I had heart. I always thought that was my best asset as an athlete – heart. I always showed up and poured my soul into all my races and games. Maybe it was my...

Chilling Out: The New Way to Achieve Your Goals

  I was at an Ani DiFranco concert a few years back, and she said something that brought me to truly admire her honesty and awareness. She was talking about marrying a man, and the perception that in doing so, she had alienated her lesbian fan base. Interviewers would...

The Power of Yes

“Yes” and I started to play together about a year and a half ago. In the past, I might have turned down opportunities if they just seemed too complicated logistically, or if I felt under-qualified, or if I could dream up any half-baked reason why it...