Same Boat

Good Company So, this woman I hardly know, who attends some of the same exercise classes I do, says this to me today: “You’re a Good Woman!” Where’s that coming from? She hardly knows me! Well, she asked me how many Body Pump (read: really hard...

Going For Gold

I admit it. I am a perfectionist. I aim high, and I don’t quit. If I can teach a class better, tweak a PowerPoint presentation so it’s more interesting, do something more efficiently, or show up better for a workout, I will do it. No excuses. I’m not...

Skating Along

One of the biggest things that drew me to becoming a counselor, was an interest in hearing truth. Sure, I had a strong interest in helping people, in making a difference, and in making the world a better place. Psychology has always fascinated me, and I was curious to...

Taking Stock

I don’t know about you, but I really feel for those hard-working people at our local grocery store on a Saturday. Trying to stock shelves with endless lines of customers in their way, veering their trolleys full of product away from inattentive shoppers who back up...

Beyond Wishin’ and Hopin’

What Used to Be By the time you get to about 40, you start seeing what everyone who went before you has already warned you about. Things start repeating. People who vowed to never, ever be like their father are looking in the mirror at his “spitting image.” People,...

From Purging to Pausing

If we have a home with a yard, we may want to cut away the underbrush when bushes are overgrown and choking off the new life. We cut back the trees at the end of the summer to allow a fuller expression of their beauty the next year. We do a clean sweep of the lawn...