Finding your rhythm
While working out recently and noticing that my pace picks up significantly depending on the music I’m blasting into my ears, I started thinking about the bigger message of how to apply that principle in other areas of life. It’s really about setting yourself up for success. Hence, today’s Game Plan column called What Gets You Motivated? was born.
Cornball alert
Keep going.
–Harriet Tubman
Michelle Obama’s speech was wonderful. Hillary Clinton’s speech was phenomenal.
I am proud to be a woman.
Bring on the stillness
Buddhist meditation class felt like a milestone tonight. Something has clicked. Maybe my ability to focus on an intention and stay with it. Maybe the breathing. Maybe the fact that I’m relaxed. It wasn’t always that way.
No, no. There was a time when my racing mind was about all I could take. Silence? Not golden.
That was then. This is now.
It’s all in the journey.
Gloriously mundane
It’s been a weekend of exploring Soho, working on projects, reading, exercising, eating well, occasional snippets of TV. All with a backdrop of gorgeous weather.
Very luxurious.
Kind of like John Lennon said, “Life is what happens while you are making other plans.”
Love that.
Brilliant ideas
Earlier in the week, the same day I had a root canal, I found out there’s a book out there that has the same premise as the one I’m working on. So today’s Game Plan begins like this: “I thought a root canal was the most painful thing that would occur in my life last Monday, but then I got a swift kick in the teeth.”
Read the rest here: Setback or Springboard? You Decide.
Cool things my friends are doing
My dear friend Erin Weed is one of those people you continue to marvel at as she builds her Girls Fight Back business with care and a persistent message. She has a brand new DVD out and in her blog post about it reveals a very personal experience.
So inspiring …
The dream business
What a pleasure it was to interview the Hon. Michael A. Corriero and Rich Franchella, both of whom play roles in Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York. Corriero, a former New York Supreme Court judge, is the new executive director, while Franchella’s company is a corporate sponsor of the annual Race For The Kids. Both of these men have Italian-American roots and I related to their stories of hard work ethic and being the first in the family to go to college.
Today’s Game Plan column is all about how they are in The Business of Making Dreams Come True.
Summer sizzle
Business is brisk and it’s August! I am filled with enthusiasm and gratitude for all that’s happening and for the wonderfully creative people I keep attracting into my life.
Possibilities abound.
Root causes
So today I had a root canal. I’m not going to say it was pleasant, especially given the two hours in the chair, but my fear subsided after four needles rendered me without feeling on one side of my face. I walked out of the dentist’s office a bit dazed, met a friend for some ‘gentle’ conversation, and then decided rather than give in to the urge to lie down, I’d head to Buddhist meditation class.
It made perfect sense since I believe I manifested this and that my body is trying to tell me something ‘bigger.’ I had already scoured my Louise Hay book (You Can Heal Your Life) for some answers and here’s what it said:
Problem: Teeth
Probable Cause: Represent decisions. Long-standing indecisiveness. Inability to break down ideas for analysis and decisions.
New Thought Pattern: I make my decisions based on the principles of truth, and I rest securely knowing that only right action is taking place in my life.
Also, see root canal.
Problem: Root Canal
Probable Cause: Can’t bite into anything anymore. Root beliefs being destroyed.
New Thought Pattern: I create firm foundations for myself and for my life. I choose my beliefs to support me joyously.
With so much happening in my life that upends how I used to think and what I used to believe, somehow this all feels logical and even sensible. Every day I am in situations that show me how much my belief system has shifted or been rocked to its core.
I treasure my body, how it moves, how it works, what it tells me. Today it is putting me through some discomfort, yet I am grateful that we are learning to read each other so well.
And, well, maybe for the container of rice pudding that is calling my name from the kitchen.
Daily dose
Loved this last paragraph in Michiko Kakutani’s piece on Jon Stewart in today’s New York Times. While Stewart is describing what their process on The Daily Show feels like, to me he is also describing what it feels like to watch the show on any given day. Pure release.
In fact, Mr. Stewart regards comedy as a kind of catharsis machine, a therapeutic filter for grappling with upsetting issues. “What’s nice to us about the relentlessness of the show,” he said, “is you know you’re going to get that release no matter what, every night, Monday through Thursday. Like pizza, it may not be the best pizza you’ve ever had, but it’s still pizza, man, and you get to have it every night. It’s a wonderful feeling to have this toxin in your body in the morning, that little cup of sadness, and feel by 7 or 7:30 that night, you’ve released it in sweat equity and can move on to the next day.”
