Today’s Show Up! Journal power words: I believe that every emotion we experience is, at its heart, a form of energy (think electrical impulses in the brain). That energy can be used to fuel emotions (like fear, like jealousy, like bitterness), or it can be transformed. Energy in its pure state is just energy. It…
Today’s power words from my Show Up! Journal free-write. It’s physics. The more force we exert in any one direction the more vulnerable we become from other directions. So, it makes sense to not be rigid or too regimented in any aspect of our lives. Whether it is the way we think, the way we…
I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about risk-taking. I’ve also been doing a lot of thinking about finally, finally following your dreams. So many of us accept the mantle of responsibility too early. And then we wear it, all day, every day, for the rest of our lives. But what about those dreams? When…
Today’s power words from my Show Up! Journal free-write. Like many of us, I often set myself insurmountable goals. Or, allow me to clarify, they seem insurmountable. But, I keep at it. That’s all there is. I think that’s all any of us can do. We keep going. We keep showing up. We keep working…
Today’s Show Up! Journal free-write power words. I don’t buy that whole, “It’s the journey not the destination,” thing. I can relax and enjoy the ride a whole lot better if I’m not driving around in circles. Granted, I might see things from a different perspective each time on the circle, and I might learn…
Here are today’s Show Up! Journal power words. I love that these words came to me during the fee-write. I aim to experience or learn something new every day. Sometimes it is as banal as driving somewhere via a new route. Sometimes it’s the inspiration for a new book. Whatever the spark, I relish the…
Here are today’s power words from my Show Up! Journal free-write. Let’s face it. We’re not all Jedi. Even though Yoda can expect to “do or not do, there is no try,” the rest of us? We fail. We fail a lot, (until we don’t). The key is to keep trying. Because if you aren’t…
Today’s power words from my Show Up! Journal free-write. I’ve been thinking a lot about the nervousness and anxiety that so many of us feel before we go on stage, embark on a new project, take up any new challenge, and sometimes meet new people or even go outside. Anxiety can be crippling, and yet,…
Here are today’s power words from the Show Up! Journal. I realized this morning that I have been letting fear keep me from acting. Instead of standing up, stepping up, and showing up, I’ve been avoiding. And that has kept me from delivering on my promises to myself. Because, here’s the thing, my deadlines are…
Today’s power words from my Show Up! Journal free-write. I struggle with hypothyroidism. I have to take excellent care of myself, watch what I eat, exercise lightly, and do yoga or tai chi every, single day, or I will rapidly get to the point where I can’t even get out of bed. Since I have…