Get Out of My Way

November 4, 2009

You’ve got the mojo – you’re motoring.  I know this feeling.  I have this feeling – I’m on my way- and nobody better get in my way!!! – about every other day.  So what happens on my off days?  There’s a problem uploading my blog, or the list of things I already should have done is [...]

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TGIM

November 3, 2009

Thank God it’s Monday!  this little phrase has featured differently at different phases of my life.  I can remember a crazy boss – who had no life.  She’d be at her desk bright eyed an bushy-tailed.  We’d be hungover, unhappy, junior account executives.  We rolled our eyes at her energetic rallying call.  TGIM we’d say [...]

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Judge Thy Husband

October 30, 2009

Don’t we all?  It’s as easy as falling off a log.  I’m writing to recommend a valuable coaching tool, which – and this is just a perk – asks you to judge your husband.  This is called simply “the work” (see: www.thework.com)by Byron Katie.   Katie, as she is called, has a new book out: Who Would You [...]

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At Least I Didn’t Overeat

October 29, 2009

I totally forgot to blog Wednesday!  (And now I’m kicking myself.  But at least I didn’t overeat.)  I’m still getting the hang of the consistency thing.  But my plan from now on is to blog three times a week, M/W/F on M2O subjects – so you all get lots of things to think about, & do [...]

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Do the Write Thing

October 26, 2009

What is the right way to diet?  What is the right way to process a trauma?  What is the right way to hear yourself think?  The right answer to all three questions – as different as they are! – is WRITING.  Anyone who knows me knows I’m a big proponent of writing as a DIY way to heal [...]

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Happy Mama – Happy Baby

October 23, 2009

We usually think it’s the other way around.  If baby’s happy so is mom.  I contend in my experience it is the opposite.  AIN’T NOBODY HAPPY UNLESS MAMA’S HAPPY.  Even a baby relaxes and cooperates more when you’re happy.  I can never forget a late night (one of many) with a crying baby face scrunched  [...]

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The Good Wife

October 21, 2009

I used to ride my bike on Goodwives River Road in Noroton, Ct.  It was a 2-lane road that followed the river, winding lazily left and right, with small stone walls and 200 year old stone bridges that crossed creeks and tributaries.  On a fall day, it was just beautiful and set your mind to wander. I [...]

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The Positivity “Bubble”

October 19, 2009

  BarbaraEhrenreich is down with Up thinking!  And more than that she blames optimism for our current financial predicament, as she stated in no uncertain terms on  The Daily Show with Jon Stewart .  I think at the very least, Jon Stewart needs to have a coach (this means you Martha Beck!) as a guest to [...]

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Bet the House

October 16, 2009

Our carriage house in on the market.  You can take a virtual tour here, http://www.tourfactory.com/546319  if you’re curious.  We of course hope it sells since we’ve worked hard to renovate it and prep it for this event.  And we’ve rented it for 7 years, so we’re comfortable with the sharing of the driveway and backyard space.  (They [...]

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Status Shirker

October 13, 2009

In order to be successful, we’re advised to seek expert status, often more frequently than we are advised to seek expertise.  I am by temperament a Status Shirker.  I like to soft pedal my capabilities and let people draw their own conclusions.  It is the anti-authoritarian in me… or just the mother in me.  I can’t say.  (I called [...]

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