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.
Hot flash in a red stretch limo
That's right. This afternoon I was met at McCarron International Airport in Las Vegas by a dapper Aussie driving a red stretch limousine. Too fun. It was a tasteful red, you understand, not one of those mid-life crisis fire-engine reds. I wanted to take a picture, but...
Surfing the edge of silliness
November, 2004, Breitenbush, Oregon. The occasion: the final day of
Who, me?
I'm the last person you'd expect to go for essential oils in a big way. Ten years ago I was so plagued by what I thought was chemical sensitivity that I good not tolerate the faintest whiff of scent. It didn't matter how natural or unnatural the aroma, I'd get a...
Keeping content free
Over the years, I've donated to or paid a subscription fee for numerous Web sites: Salon, Andrew Sullivan's blog, and Integral Naked, among others. I love making shareware payments. (Shareware is software that you can download free and try for as long as you like. The...
To love and to cherish
Gotta love etymology. The word "cherish" came in loud and clear during a meeting with my spiritual director this morning. We were talking about a right-between-the-eyes "I get it" experience I had a couple of days ago. I was driving back from a phenomenal (in every...
The high cost of dodging what is
In her ezine, Sound Bites, Isabel Parlett takes on one of the scariest questions any independent small business person can ask, "What my [clients or customers say] they want isn't what I offer! How can I succeed if I am not matching my audience?" What I love most...
Are you really saving time?
I subscribe to lots of newsletters or ezines, and I cancel most of my subscriptions after an issue or two. As a result, only two or three newsletters show up in my inbox each week. Still, I have been in the habit of deleting most of them unread in order to "save...
Learning how to learn is a matter of style
Some of the most valuable learning I've ever experienced has come about through studying with my friend and colleague, Charlie Badenhop. Charlie teaches Embodied Intelligence or Seishindo in Japan, Europe, and on the east coast of the US. I found his work so valuable,...
Make friends with yourself
Last week I said that pretending you are or thinking you should be different is one of the top two time waters. (The other one is resentment.) This week, I received the following quote via email from Oceans of Dharma Quotes of the Week: We get angry with ourselves,...