These are my reflections on the topics that obsess us all.
Do Everything with Love
When visiting Mom, I try to include a weekend so I can go to church with her. It’s the church where Dad retired as a pastor and where we celebrated his life and returned his soul to God. On a … Continue reading →
Stuff, Part 2: Fulfillment?
I recently attended a 3-day training at a fulfillment center owned by a certain company. For those who aren’t familiar with the term, a fulfillment center is a truncated euphemism for “an unbelievably large warehouse of every conceivable thing ever … Continue reading →
Stuff, Part 1: The Perils of Moving House
“You might want to start unpacking some of these,” one of the movers kindly suggested. How many times had he seen people dazed amid a semi-load of boxes? Was the look of disbelief on my face common? Not all this … Continue reading →
Earth Day Every Day
My memories of the first years of Earth Day celebrations mostly center on a beloved school art teacher, who would take us into the woods next to the school to collect natural objects. We’d bring rocks, branches, and fungi back … Continue reading →
Let’s Get Shamelessly Vulnerable Part VI: The View From Our Knees
Welcome to Part VI, the final in this blog series based on Brené Brown’s studies of vulnerability, courage, worthiness, and shame. You may also want to listen to an interview Ms. Brown gave with Krista Tippet. To recap, “vulnerability is … Continue reading →
Let’s Get Shamelessly Vulnerable Part V: Exercising Our Vulnerability Muscle
Welcome to Part V in a six-part series about vulnerability, based on Brené Brown’s studies of vulnerability, courage, worthiness, and shame. I encourage you to also listen to an interview Ms. Brown gave with Krista Tippet. Stepping off the bus … Continue reading →
Let’s Get Shamelessly Vulnerable Part IV: What are We Worth?
Welcome to Part IV in a series about vulnerability, based on Brené Brown’s studies of vulnerability, courage, worthiness, and shame. I encourage you to also listen to an interview Ms. Brown gave with Krista Tippet. I was having lunch with … Continue reading →
Let’s Get Shamelessly Vulnerable Part III: The Gifts of Adversity
If you haven’t yet read Part II of this blog post series, check it out. We’re talking about Brené Brown’s studies of vulnerability, courage, worthiness, and shame. This post is in part inspired by a Krista Tippet interview of Ms. … Continue reading →
Let’s Get Shamelessly Vulnerable Part II: Your Brain on Vulnerability
If you’re just tuning in, read Part I of my blog post series about Brené Brown’s studies of vulnerability, courage, worthiness, and shame. Today’s post riffs, in part, on a Krista Tippet [on being] interview of Ms. Brown. Feeling vulnerable … Continue reading →
Let’s Get Shamelessly Vulnerable! Part I: Vulnerability is Courage. Seriously.
Brené Brown is a research professor at the University of Houston, where she has spent the past decade studying vulnerability, courage, worthiness, and shame. You may have heard of her, she’s been promoted by Oprah and did a Ted Talk … Continue reading →