What’s in the Water?
Guidance for Swimming Against the Stream
In waking up to whiteness, there are questions to answer and ideas to confront. Molly’s insights bring perspective and clarity.
Would you like to learn from my coach?
I was rooting around for a topic for this week's post, wondering what would be a slam-dunk for me (why not?) and what would be of service to you (duh!) when I had a brilliant idea. I could write about Mark, as in Mark Silver. Mark is a dear friend, but before we...
What can you do about creative block?
Humans are creative. Creativity is part of our nature. We don't have to try to be creative; we just are. If that's so--and I believe it is--what's up creative block? Given that we are so blinking creative, human beings have developed innumerable ways of losing contact...
To push or not to push, that is the question
Last week on the monthly Goldilocks coaching call we talked about planning, goals, and productivity, and when to pressure yourself to follow through and when not to. After all, setting a goal-less goal and navigating from a nice feeling might work some of the time,...
The incredible lightness of the goal-less goal
Spiritual teachers often talk about the pathless path, the paradox that enlightenment comes when, as Deepak Chopra has written, "a mind overshadowed by fears, hopes, memories, past traumas, and old conditioning finds a way to become free." Chopra observes, "The...
Are you running your personal operating system?
A number of years ago I found myself at the first meeting of the new year with my mastermind group. Given the nature of the group and the time of year, it seemed logical to set goals. Logical maybe, but it wasn't happening for me. I searched my thoughts and found...
How to get planning right or how not to be a bridezilla in your business
I can get really nervous around brides to be. I have a lot of thinking about the time, energy, and expense involved in planning a wedding. Some of that is my stuff. Some comes from seeing good people transformed into bridezillas by attachment to their visions of the...
Why liking yourself works
Once upon a time I gave myself singing lessons for my 40th birthday. I had always loved to sing, and I thought I had a pretty nice voice. I thought it would be grand to expand my somewhat limited range, become a better singer, and generally have more fun with music....
On the potential for gratitude for the biz side of your work
Two things came together last week to inspire this post: the death of a friend and the approach of Thanksgiving in the USA. One of the most shocking aspects of my friend's death was the vacuum left by the sudden absence of his huge enthusiasm for life. Bob had an...
Why planning might not be a good idea (How peering into the future quashed true love)
When I was a senior in high school my true love was a sophomore in college. That was back in the day when long distance calls were expensive, and we wrote piles of earnest letters full of angst and idealism. One day I received a letter that signaled the beginning of...