Tale of the Scale: More on Miracles and Mysteries

What are you doing right this moment? (well, duh.. you are reading my blog!) Are you reading this because it’s what you do during your lunch break? Or early evening? Because it popped up on your RSS feed as new so you clicked through?
Is it a habit?
One of the small experiments [...]

Rules for Being a Hero

As I mentioned, I’m reading Brian Luke Seaward’s book Quiet Mind, Fearless Heart. I so love this book that I ordered a copy for myself. There is a passage on almost every page that I want to send to someone or highlight and remember for myself. I even took the book to the [...]

Feed Four Things

I was pointed to this interview with Danny Myers, a NYC restaurateur. While much of the interview was interesting, this line struck me as applicable to many of us:

I need to do four things… feed my brain, heart, body and spirit.. it doesn’t matter whether you are home or at work, as long as [...]

Fear Clouds The Mind…

Hang in here with me. I’ve set the kitchen timer at 15 minutes and whatever I’ve done when it goes off.. that will be my muddle for the today.
Because I’m muddling through a thought. I’m not sure exactly where it’s going.
I’m reading Quiet Mind, Fearless Heart by Brian Luke Seaward. In one [...]

Tale of the Scale: Shakin’ My Life Up

I am a creature of habit.
Sometimes I think it’s my Germanic heritage (except that I’m only 50% Germanic); other times I think it’s a lazy survival instinct. Or living with dogs (we all know how they love their routine). Hmm.. how many reasons can I find for living every day on autopilot?I [...]

Five Things To Do When Negative Self-Talk Haunts Your Day

Woke up this morning with a cloud of negative self-talk settled down over my psyche. I wonder what I was dreaming about?
Rather than pulling the covers over my head and wallowing in a bed of self-loathing, I tapped into the actions that help overcome this pervasive sense of self-doubt. Some days I need [...]

Tale of the Scale: Work and Rest

Rest.
Working out is equally about work and rest.
The work part seems fairly clear: head to the gym, sweat, push, balance, step, squeeze, hold, breathe. Work.
For the work part to be really successful, however, the body needs time to heal. That’s called rest. I’m having a challenge with rest.
I get that [...]

Waterfall At Indian Canyon

Waterfall At Indian Canyon Originally uploaded by darinhercules
A couple weeks ago, I visited my friend Del down near Palm Springs for the weekend. She took me hiking through marvelous desert parks with hidden streams and waterfalls, hills, an oasis and much magic. We ate [...]

A Love Letter To My Body

Dearest Body of Deb,
I haven’t told you recently – ever? – that I love you. You make me possible yet I take you granted. I’m sorry.
In the past I have felt disdain for you. You were thicker, shorter, skinnier, fatter, weaker, tighter, looser, lighter, darker than I desired. You were out [...]

Tale of the Scale: 2/2/08

Another week, with less weight!
No, not less weight on me, I’m still stable. We’ve discovered a rather dramatic muscle weakness/imbalance between my right/left leg that we’re working on. And until I can use more weight with my left leg, I’m doing one legged exercises with very light weights.
This imbalance (and the subsequent pain/ [...]