5 more learnings from 30 seconds 10 years ago

It’s been just over 10 years since I stepped onto a TEDx stage. I felt awfully snazzy for being included; even more so in the vintage dress and shiny new shoes I got for the event.   For months now, I’ve been thinking that 10 years would be a nice time to review the...

The water baked into us

There’s just something special about New York bagels. I’m not talking about New York-style bagels. You can’t just get to a certain texture, chew, and size, call them New York, and go on about your business. I’m talking about bagels made in New York City, the kind you...

The Parable of the Match

I could tell you – in painstaking detail, I could tell you – about the moment of ignition, the sounds and smells and burst of nothing into dancing flame as the match transformed from potential energy to kinetic. I could explain to you the way the match slid across the...

This masquerading as That

A couple of quick reminders in case you’re among the many of us who could use them:1. Planning does NOT equal CatastrophizingPlanning is a form of thoughtful doing with a focus on what we hope to be our future. I hope to have a long life and so I plan my money...

Skipping the Scale & Other Acts of Body Love

A couple of weeks ago, I did something that felt pretty radical. As a nurse beckoned me from the waiting room to a scale on the way to the exam room in my doctor’s office, I asked, “Why?” Why step on the scale? What info to be had from the fact that my weigh goes up a...

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