Symbolically, autumn is considered a season of balance, preparation, and reflection. Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall. ~ F. Scott Fitzgerald Balance is undoubtedly one of the greatest challenges in modern society. Balance between work and life, balance between healthy habits and not-so-healthy habits, balance between personal goals in …
Tag: Progress
Suit of Armor
They say time heals all. But how does one cope with the pain in the present? How does one move forward after a traumatic or adverse experience? We are a numbing society. We numb with work. We numb with alcohol and drugs. We numb with food. We numb with shopping. It is adaptive to avoid …
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The air moving into my lungs burned as it moved in and out, but I felt my chest starting to open for the first time in 6 weeks. "Something must be working", I thought as I took gulps of the clean mountain air, my lungs burning from illness and from being at 9,000 feet elevation …
Progress Is Not Perfection
Growing up, I had a very hard time with being too hard on myself and struggling with perfectionism. I was the kid who would cry if I missed a note in a piano recital and the kid who was disappointed and angry at myself when I realized that it was physically impossible to drop time …
Running in the Sun 