Why did you have to write about that moment? A friend of mine wrote and published online a moving essay about her sister’s death, and this is the response she got from a family member. My friend did some soul-searching afterwards, trying to find an answer. She reported the question to me the other day…
Category: Mindfulness
Staying positive amid the negativity
I know things are tough in media. I know freelancers are struggling to get assignments and make ends meet. Seems like everyone is having a bit of a slog, except maybe some of those executives who did such a nice job of melting down the global economy and pocketing big bonuses for doing it. …
Why We Should Stop Being So Judgmental
As a woman of sense and discernment – that is, I am highly opinionated and not afraid of sharing my opinions with anyone who’ll hold still long enough to listen – I sometimes find myself moving from the “I know what I like and I’m voting for it” democracy to the “Everyone should like what…
Too many choices
The other day I was at the grocery store trying to buy some salad dressing. You’d think this would be a fairly straightforward task: pick the type of dressing (ranch, Italian) and the brand (Kraft, Newman’s Own) and put it in your cart. But as I stood there staring at the vast array of possibilities…
On choosing
The other day, I was complaining to a friend of mine that the problem with being a neurotic writer is that neurotics hate uncertainty – we’d rather hear “no” than “I don’t know yet” – and writers live in a constant state of uncertainty. You send your book or your pitch or your proposal out…
On mindfulness
Have you ever had the experience where you’re driving home from work and suddenly you’re turning down your street and you don’t even remember getting there? Your mind was so far away that you paid no attention to what you were doing — you were completely on automatic pilot? That’s the opposite of mindful living.…