For the vast majority of my life I walked around with a pickaxe in my hand — seeking out the next metaphorical mountain to climb, the next challenge to conquer, the next summit to reach. It was an interesting approach. The pickaxe approach allowed me to see many summits, accomplish some impressive feats, and collect [...]
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I heard an amazing quote in yoga class last week and it stopped me in my tracks. Well, technically I was already stopped in my tracks because I was lying on my back in Savasana (also known as corpse pose), but the notion certainly stopped my mind in its tracks. “People are like stained glass [...]
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You can learn a lot from the roller rink. My daughter Layla has determined that skating is decidedly not “her thing,”but we still enjoy it every once in a while—me and the kids, skating around in the dark singing, “This is how we do it!” So far, nobody’s broken anything—which is positive. So we keep […]
Having It All: Answering Life’s Most Annoying Question Can women have it all? It seems to be the $64,000 question all over the media these days. My immediate (and somewhat snarky) answer: Why do people care? “Oooooooh my…does she have it all? Can she do it all? How does she do it all?” It all sounds rather […]
I’ve received a lot of helpful advice and counsel in my lifetime. I’ve watched thousands of episodes of Oprah, I’ve purchased and read dozens of self-help books, I’ve had many remarkable mentors and advisors and even a therapist (or two). But none of these things have had more influence on my life and my happiness […]
Last weekend I attended Oprah’s “The Life You Want” conference in Miami. Spread out over two days, it was 10 hours of Oprah’s life-changing mantras and inspiration at its best. Live and in person. Oprah and her trailblazing team of experts — Deepak Chopra, Elizabeth Gilbert, Rob Bell and Iyanla Vanzant — pushing and rallying […]
