It’s time for the Friday Big Leap. So happy to have my friend Marti Konstant share a big time of change. Marti is writing a book which I just realized she failed to mention here but you’ll hear about that when the time draws near. She is a runner, and that’s her on top of […]
Take a Big Leap
Learning From Those I Teach
It’s time for the Friday Big Leap. We have yet another Counselors Academy friend and runner this week – Sydney Ayers! About five years ago, a friend asked if I’d help coach a high school cross country team. The idea sounded appealing and the timing was good: I previously had made a decision to devote […]
Run, Tom, Run: And other stories of encouragement
Every Friday, we share a big leap from a guest contributor. Tom Garrity is a good friend and fellow runner. We like to compete on Runkeeper and generally stay on top of each other’s training. But Tom. Tom runs. and he started a very cool program I wanted to share with you today. Thanks for […]
Blogger’s Brain and Thanking My Lucky Stars
A Sunday story: “Why don’t you blog about THAT?” Patrick likes to ask me that question every day. Every. single. day. So far, I’ve curated out of your seeing eyes such topics as “why ground squirrels run across the street right in front of cars,” and “why our neighbor is such a supreme a-hole.” You […]
Take a Leap After 50
Every Friday, we share a big leap from a guest contributor. Here is my good friend Ken Jacobs! The Ken Jacobs. Please thank him for sharing with us his leap after 50. It was Fall of 2006. My last senior agency position had ended in spring of that year, and it hadn’t ended happily. I had […]
On Finding Something To Complain About and a Joy Bomb
I’m pleased to announce I’ve returned from the near dead to publish this post this morning. Unlike the past 36 hours, I’m overjoyed to have the energy to go on this morning’s dog walk; to actually want to eat something; and that my brain is willing to cooperate and think. There is nothing worse than […]
Confessions of a Recovering Commitment-Phobe
The Big Leap series has been resurrected! Every Friday, we share a big leap from a guest contributor. Here is Ifdy Perez, and look at how beautiful she looks in this photo. Please thank her for sharing this beautiful story. I know it was a big leap for her just to do so. I didn’t […]
I am not an athlete
Today’s Flash Friday post is written by Vicki Longhini. Each Friday, I ask a guest to share something personal: Some way they’ve balanced ambition with happiness; achieved a personal goal; and/or a way they have converted an idea into action. If you have a story you’d like to share in a guest post, please contact me here. I […]
Life Outside the Comfort Zone
Today’s Flash Friday post is written by Rusty Speidel. Each Friday, I invite a guest to share something personal: Some way they’ve balanced ambition with happiness; achieved a personal goal; and/or a way they have converted an idea into action. If you have a story you’d like to share in a guest post, please contact me here. “Everything […]
Breaking Up With Friends is Hard To Do
I had a friend. I met her when we lived in Aspen. She was the reason I moved to Seattle from Aspen (she was from Seattle) which set me on a new and wonderful path in the Northwest. But she had a crazy boyfriend who made her nuts. We lived thousands of miles apart and […]