Posted On: January 2, 2014
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Today’s stumbled-on stat is that 93% of US adults will set a New Year’s resolution for 2014, and 54% of them will be health-related.*
That’s good. We’d all have a better year with improved eating,…
Posted On: October 30, 2013
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I enjoyed lunch with a friend today—the mother of three young children. Their family may be the only one I know that has managed to keep their kids internet-free. Oh sure, there’s some TV. But…
Posted On: October 11, 2013
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Too messy. Oak leaves last longer than parchment paper. Just when you finally finish spring cleanup, the trees start shedding again. Who enjoys raking? Nobody who has dozens of old trees within earshot.
Too much…
Posted On: September 19, 2013
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Twice this week, while on the phone trying to expedite matters of consequence that had become stalled, this was what my teleconference-mate told me.
“Uh, okay, as you wish,” was my delayed response—though I secretly…
Posted On: August 4, 2013
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Financial Times recently posted a story extolling the virtues of extended time off, paid sabbaticals, completely unplugging, and taking strategic distance from your work to help you get better focus and perspective. The article offers…
Posted On: July 14, 2013
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A provocative blog post recently crossed my desk, written by a woman named Satori who exhorts her readers to “Do yourself a favor and buy that damn plane ticket already!” A photographer by trade and…
Posted On: May 21, 2013
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In a Zenny mindfulness class I’m taking, a woman explained the mantra she asks herself whenever she senses her brain wandering cluelessly:
“Am I present?”
Most people anymore might prefer to ask themselves,
“Am I…
Posted On: May 1, 2013
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The unusually cold May-Day skies were crying today—the last day I had the pleasure of teaching at College of Visual Arts (CVA).
After 89 years, this St. Paul arts school on historic Summit Avenue is…
Posted On: February 10, 2013
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Domeni Hedderman and her husband uprooted their three kids and five super-routines to BreakAway for six months in Belize. On an island. You can read all about it here.
Or you can write your own…
Posted On: January 29, 2013
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It takes a lot to be a lifeguard in Viareggio, Italy, as these two gentlemen proved when I was lucky enough to spend a few sunny days there last June. It takes guts, as you…
