Author Archives: Susan
May042011
Treating Ourselves
When we indulge ourselves with a massage, or take a nap in the afternoon, we usually talk about it as “treating ourselves” to a luxury. I would like to look a little deeper into this language of “treating ourselves”. We … Continue reading
Apr292011
The Future is Now
A very wise mentor (Marvin Weisbord at http://futuresearch.net) reminded me in a recent meeting of this eternal truth—that the future is now. He should know, as the organization he founded, Future Search, is clearly all about the future. He knows … Continue reading
Apr282011
The Beauty of Structure
I have written recently about the triathlon that I am training for these days. It’s a teeny tiny race, just for beginners like me. But it’s not the race that I’m training for. It’s the structure. I suspect this must … Continue reading
Apr262011
Learning from Jo
Over the past year I have formed a renewed relationship with my cousin Jo. She and I were best buddies growing up, but once we hit adulthood we parted ways for most of the last thirty years. In a phone … Continue reading
Apr212011
Play to Work
This morning in yoga class, which is a small community unto itself, our instructor had us begin with handstands. Usually, as in any kind of fitness class, there is a warm-up period before we jump right into jumping right in. … Continue reading
Apr182011
Plan… to be surprised. Like Japan 2011.
There’s a light-hearted movie called Dan in Real Life that has a terrific punch line at the end. The movie is about a widower with kids who finds love in the craziest way, and at the end of the story … Continue reading
Apr012011
Face to Face with Bicycle
Fear of bicycles is something you have to overcome if you’re going to do a triathlon. There’s that little bike ride right in the middle of it. So this week I’m face to face with bicycle. After many years of … Continue reading
Tags: disaster, ease, facing fear, joy, pace, progress, rehab, step-by-step
Mar312011
Fear of Bicycles
How does a reasonable adult become afraid of bicycles? The same way we all become afraid of anything in life—we have a bad experience with something, and then hide behind our favorite way of coping with fear. I have done … Continue reading
Mar232011
Deployment… An Exercise in Compressed Change
Military families experience change more often than most. Those that are good at it, learn to accept and go with the flow. Resistance only heightens the stress and the dizziness of it all. I know. I am the mom of … Continue reading
Mar152011
When colleagues don’t communicate
While we often think it’s toughest to deal with people who are contrary and difficult, truth is the top of the heap in the tough department is those who don’t communicate at all. Even when we find colleagues to be … Continue reading
