Checking in with yourself

Lately, I am reminded that to live happily and in a state of balance, it takes a constant effort.

Life keeps moving, things are in a constant state of change, moving, going, without stopping for anyone. Things accumulate, you add more things on the list. More things fill up your day. It’s easy to get sidetracked, distracted, to lose focus, to lose perspective. To lose sight of who you are and where you want to go.

When these things accumulate, when the to do list is endless and the phone calls, emails, text messages, meetings, project deadlines, holidays, birthdays, school events, dentist appointments, house cleaning, dinner guests fill up your list until it seems there is no time left for you, not one …

Trust in the Journey

The last time we met here, I had just returned from an amazing trip to Spain where I learned to surrender to the unknown. I learned to be vulnerable and open. I got back in touch with my inner artist, my inner voice. The inspiration I carried back from that trip was immense.

Before I left for that trip, I was still trying to sort things out in my new direction. I was taking on client work to keep bills paid and mouths fed, but really wanted to focus on building my own products. I took two months off, a big risk as a freelancer, to focus on developing my first idea. This was something I had never done before and when I …

Surrendering

About two months ago, my family and I took a trip to southern Spain. The first week of the trip was spent at an artist’s retreat and was profoundly enlightening for me. While you can read about the discoveries of the retreat and its impacts on our life at my web site, I wanted to share a particular lesson that continues to benefit me.

With this vacation, there were a lot of unknowns for me and my family. When we started to put the trip together, especially the portion of the trip that involved the retreat, we had a lot of big questions: What does one do at an art retreat? Who were we going to meet? What were we going to do all …

Sharing Dreams, Making Reality

The last several months have continued to be an exciting journey of change and discovery, and of learning how my creative health and fulfillment affect my overall life wellbeing. As part of the life changes I began to make near the end of last year, I decided to finally pursue the development of a product idea I’ve been dreaming about for several years.

In the beginning, I was really hesitant about taking this leap. I felt almost embarrassed by it – afraid to let those around me know that I might potentially risk the stability of my family, my home, my career, to concentrate on something that was just a dream up until now; just an idea on a list of ideas. The …

The Adventure of Change

Several months ago, I decided to make a significant change in my life: I left a business I built and ran for the better part of seven years. It was hard. Harder than I thought it would be.

After years of grinding away at the work I did, the work I thought I really loved to do, I realized I was burnt out and no longer connecting with the work, the people, the industry I had invested so much time in. I started to question what I was doing, whether I was happy doing it, weather I was ever happy doing it, how it affected my life, what to do next… I had a lot of questions. Questions I had no answers for.

This is …