Have you ever been paralyzed by fear? Not just nervous about the outcome of something big, but really truly stuck in place, unable to move because you are so terrified? I have to admit that I have been fortunate enough to have never experienced anything truly traumatic in my life. Yes, I’ve been scared plenty […]
life lessons
An Alliance of Awesome (or: Peeps – they’re not just for Easter)
I spent the past two weekends surrounded by world-changers. Two weekends ago, it was four 12-hour days in Washington DC with the WeArePowerShift.org leadership team. This past weekend was three 12-to-16 hour days in Minneapolis MN with the 350.org National Leadership Summit. I’ll admit it – I’m exhausted. I’m drowning in work, overcommitted and maybe […]
Uncle! (or: when enough is too much)
If you’re anything like me, you tend to take on new, cool and exciting projects fairly often. One at a time, they find their way to your plate. And one by one, you find time in your life for each of them. You move something here, and squish something there. All of a sudden, you […]
Say Yes More (or: how to step outside the skin you’re in)
When I was a senior in college, one of my roommates and I made a pact. Given the post title, you might be imagining some crazy blood-brother style, spit-and-shake agreement; we were in college at that point… Alright – enough with the crazy ideas. It wasn’t that kind of pact! We were both newly single […]
Whoops! (or: why you shouldn’t listen to me)
Yup. You read that title right. You definitely shouldn’t be listening to me. Why, you ask? Well, would you listen to someone who screws things up? Would you take advice from someone who has made her fair share of bad decisions? (I’m hoping that by now you kinda get the direction I’m going with this, […]
There Is Only Now (or: stop obsessing and stalling and…)
Two weeks ago, I talked about intention – telling the universe what you want and setting yourself up for opportunities to come. Today, I want to go one step further to make sure that we don’t get so hung up on the future and “should” that we forget to live in the now. How many […]