Musings

October 24, 2024
When Life is Like a Mad Dog… Do You Hunker Down or???

You would think, after all the sci-fi, post-apocalyptic, zombie-invading, virus-spreading, evil alien movies I have absorbed I would know exactly how to handle life when things become impossible. […]

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September 10, 2024
The Top 3 Boundary Habits Needed to Love Your Life

Not my monkey, not my circus. I don’t know exactly when or where I first heard this expression, but I do remember it stopping me in my tracks. […]

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August 28, 2024
The Value of the Quiet Game

So many of the wonderful things in life have a chance to settle our worried minds or energize our tired hearts when we simply rest in the “quiet […]

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July 9, 2024
Why Confetti in Your Pocket Matters

In 2020 a story went viral about an 8-year-old boy who had the habit of carrying around confetti in his pocket, in case of “emergency good news.”  I […]

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June 13, 2024
Where We Might Find Hope

Summers in my twenties: the edge of the Charles River, catching the light off the early morning water while learning to crew; or now and then, the sky […]

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May 5, 2024
All is not well…and goodness abounds

Last night, at approximately 9:30 pm, our small neighborhood was awoken by the sounds of popping bursts and fire truck sirens. Our neighbor’s truck had lit on fire…perhaps […]

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March 24, 2024
3 Reasons to Double Down on Meaning

In a chaotic time, in a worrisome time, in a time of transition our sense of purpose matters more than ever. While happiness at this time may feel […]

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March 5, 2024
My New Course: The Heroic Journey

How do we show up for ourselves and for the world? What might a life worth living look like now? Who might we yet become and what are […]

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January 26, 2024
Finding Happiness in Difficult Times

Remember that moment when you first realized that a big chunk of life is out of our control? Well, my upcoming program at Kripalu Center for Yoga and […]

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January 22, 2024
What We No Longer Have Time For…

Last month an owl flew just overhead. He didn’t soar or spiral or ride the thermals as the local hawks often do. He flew, zoomed, blasted from one […]

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"Life is harsh, crazy, capricious and unjust and wondrous, surprising, bountiful, and beautiful. Both are true. How we navigate these realities is the challenge of living today. We cannot adhere only to despair else we dismiss all that is life-giving. Nor can we deny the awfulness of life; that would be delusional. We must find a way, within ourselves, and with each other to acknowledge, recognize and diminish the dark wherever we can while elevating the good."

Maria Sirois

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