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I’m writing this 1 Degree Newsletter for the new friends who have joined this brave community of creative soulful souls, and for those...
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1Degree Weekly
Field Notes
- Sep 6
Batter Down The Door
When grief knocks, facebook is a battering ram. Rising from bed amidst boxes and packing tape, it rose with me. Familiar grief. Here...
- Aug 2
The Weight of Stuff
I grew up going to garage sales with my mom. She is an expert scanner. She would go to the junkiest garage sale and spot an antique or...
- Jul 19
Create the Conditions for Transformation
I ate a lot of roughage this past weekend. I took a weekend course at the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health in western Massachusetts. ...
- Jul 13
You Can't Have One Without The Other
Can you summon the tune to that old Frank Sinatra ditty 🎶You can’t have one without the other? 🎶 Sinatra was referring to love and...
- Jul 4
Are You Your Future Self?
I feel a certain pride when my clients geek out on their "Future Self." So imagine my excitement when they were chatting about the recent...
- Jun 26
Turning toward home to find belonging
Belonging is a basic human need, just after food and shelter, and safety and security. We can understand how our sense of safety and...
- Jun 14
Take the wheel from perfection
Do you chastise yourself when you make a mistake? Do you blame circumstances or other people for your missteps, faulty calculations,...
- Jun 14
Tangled
“Oh what a tangled web we weave/ When first we practice to deceive” Sir Walter Scott I love me some 19th century English poetry! The...
- May 24
Softening Control
It does feel good to relinquish control, doesn't it? When you loosen the reins after a long, hard effort, you actually feel a softening....
- May 18
Everything, Everywhere, All at Once
This time of year it seems as if Everything is Happening Everywhere All at Once. This morning I found myself wanting to keep to my agenda...
- May 12
Stay Open
Do you find yourself shutting down creative ideas outright? Responding reflexively with, “No that won’t work.” Is it difficult for you...
- May 12
Failure is Part of the Deal
I am approaching the end of a ten-month book writing process for Braving Creativity and my fears are right by my side. My fear of...
- May 12
OOPS!
I know I am not alone when I say I often experience overwhelm. It is the NUMBER ONE obstacle we encounter when we start to stretch and...
- Apr 17
Staying Ready
Readiness is defined as “the state of being fully prepared for something.” A choreographer I interviewed for the book describes her...
- Apr 10
RENEWAL
You’ve felt it. 🌱 If you live in the north east, the warm breeze of early spring awakened something in you this past week, didn’t it?...
- Mar 28
Liberate Your Gold
I want you to find the gold. Not money (not yet anyway), but the gold inside of you. You know - that bright solid gold goodness that is...
- Mar 28
Being Resourced
I'll admit it, travel hockey is not something I participate in with bells on . . . at least not always. For four days last week, my son...
- Mar 21
What Do You Stand For?
The philosopher and Roman emperor, Marcus Aurelius said, “The impediment to action advances the action. What stands in the way becomes...
- Mar 8
Blame into Grief
I had a strange few days last week. I felt grief very strongly, which is not so typical anymore. I wanted to attribute a cause to it. I...
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