Tag: power
Vulnerably Naked
So as many of you who read my blog regularly know, I was bulimic from the age of 8 until I went to treatment at 25. You don’t go to treatment and POOF, your healed. It’s a way to get a giant head start (if you are willing to face your discomfort) towards healing. I’m going…
Scarcity or Abundance?
Had a convo with a new friend recently. We were at a local spot with a community board. As I went to grab a napkin, I noticed a couple of colleague’s cards on the board. And shared with her, I was excited to see people I knew. My new friend, jokingly suggested, I take out…
Taking the STING out of Conflicts
So the other day I was sharing a story my son’s day at camp with a friend. And she was struck by the way he handled a conflict with a friend. A day or two before Eli had been called a name by this friend. He handled the conflicts as most 9 year olds would…
The Power of Words
Words are soooo powerful. When I was a kid my Grandma and my Dad used to call me the “da greser” and my sister “da kleyner”. Pronounced: (dah graseh = long A and lightly rolled “r”) and (dah klayneh = long A). Loosely translated Greser is Yiddish for bigger, older, greater while Kleyner was little, younger, smaller. Well…
Learning to Fly
I clearly heard words from Tom Petty: “I’m learning to fly. But I ain’t got wings.” What does this mean? I’m learning to fly and soar. I don’t have wings and yet I can fly anyway. When I’m high and soaring in my power, I used to bring myself down because I felt somehow I didn’t…
