Wisdom I’ve picked up over the years that I wish I had known when I was younger.
Horses and auto repair? Has your horse broken down, and you’re not sure how to fix it? (animal welfare disclaimer…Buddy was just relaxing here) Lately I’ve been following some threads on reddit about adulting, just to see what questions are coming up. Although I tend to spend more time on overall human advice and not…
Living like herd animals We often act like a herd of horses. A couple horses bolt and run north, and the rest of us follow without much thought. But sometimes you see a horse stand their ground and keep munching hay while the herd goes north. There is a survival aspect to staying with the…
Ok, so the saying is “Check your story at the door”, but we’ve got a horse here, so let’s go with gate. You’ve probably heard this one a hundred times from different people, but have you really embraced what it means? So much of what I share isn’t new information, but my experience is that…
Are relationships and marriage like putting a cat and a dog together and hoping for harmony? “A perfect marriage is two imperfect people who refuse to give up on each other” This quote has been posted on the wall of our kitchen for years, as a reminder each day of what we are working towards.…
“You can have it all, just not all at the same time.”― Betty Friedan So you’re saying there’s a chance? Well, not quite. There is no such thing as having it all, but you can have different things at different times. The women you see who look like they are doing it all at once…
Living in community- think of your home as a business and your living partners as co-workers Whether we are living in a family setting, with roommates, a partner, or like a herd of horses, living in community is all about learning how to coexist with others once we pull off our bra and put on…
“We first make our habits, and then our habits make us” –fortune from Chinese takeout cookie We all live with a balance of healthy and unhealthy habits that play into our daily lives. In fact, according to Wendy Woods, PhD and author of Good Habits, Bad Habits, we spend a shocking 43 percent of our…
Sometimes walking away from one thing means walking towards another. Is this skier walking away or towards her greatest adventure? It is always surprising to me how hard it is for many women, including myself, to say no. It’s such a simple thing to do, yet so uncomfortable for those of us who are wired…
Our bodies are amazing at giving us gentle guidance, but we are often so block headed or unsure that we don’t listen. We tend to be pretty tuned in when we are really young, but then there is a period of time when the outside world takes over and you stop listening. It’s time now…
You know that feeling when you’ve had a tough day and you tell yourself, “I deserve to ___ because of that day.” The thing might be to have a cocktail, watch TV, go to bed early, or spend the night talking to a friend instead of getting work or chores done. Whatever it might be,…