Category: The Best Life

The Enemy of Fulfillment

The enemy of fulfillment is…. Instant gratification… that comes to us primarily through…. I hate to say it, but it’s true…. don’t write me off

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I look better in Idaho

Me modeling my “lake hair” with my kids teasing me behind the camera After returning from my vacation in Idaho, I had a thought that

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Say Yes, Dummy!

The text came from an old, dear friend out of the blue: “My daughter and I are going to Hawaii in 3 weeks, want to

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Whatever Works

It’s been a good parenting week. I got to share a meal in a restaurant with my son before seeing him perform in a jazz

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Take a nap

Well, you did it. Christmas happened; the gifts, the food, the guests, the cheer. Now for that wonderful and sometimes difficult let-down. This year, how

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Self-Care at Every Age

This is a picture of my step-father, Howard, just 3 weeks shy of his 80th birthday, waterskiing. Seeing him ski made us all whoop, cheer,

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Left-Handed Toilet

There’s a left-handed toilet in my new office. Never used one? This is what I experience; I’m sitting there—you know, on the toilet, reaching back

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Don’t Get Distracted

So… we are experiencing a wild ride here 15 days into Trump’s presidency. No matter where you may land on the politics of it all,

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Tend-and-Befriend

Last week I got some news that really let loose a stress reaction in me. The news wasn’t life or death, but it represented an

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How to Think Better

 “Hell is an endless, hopeless conversation with oneself” ~Dante’s description of rumination (in a biography of Churchill) People who do this know exactly why Dante

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The Power of Sleep

This morning the most forwarded NY Times article was about meditation and sleep problems. It seems that people are catching on—SLEEP IS IMPORTANT!!! For anyone

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