This weekend, our plate is full. My husband is on one coast and I’m on the other. My brother just turned a certain age. My mother celebrates her 70+ birthday. My mother-in-law celebrated another year. Family and friends gathered for my college soul mate’s memorial. And my father-in-law’s memorial is tomorrow. Instead of Four Weddings and a […]
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#RPCL Log Date Aug 4, 2017 #BeingHuman #ownyourlife #dontletyourlifestyleownyou
We buy our lives to a large extent. We purchase debt on a mortgage to live in our dream home or transition home. We buy the stuff that fits within that space. We subscribe to services to support our high tech and high fashion lifestyles. We pay for rent and borrow money for college. We invest […]
#RPCL Log Date Aug 2, 2017 #BeingHuman #GiveYourSubconsciousPermission #recoverfromfailures #learnandrecover
So much of what we do is in our subconscious. The other day a parent mentioned how daunting it is to discipline her children based on research that shows that what we do or say wrong may affect the brain negatively. Here’s what I think: Don’t Overthink it! Anything a loving parent can say or do, […]
#RPCL Log Date Aug 1, 2017 #BeingHuman #patterns #socialstructure
We’ve all been caught saying “humans are so predictable” at some point in our lives. Why is that? When we say it, do we mean what we say? Assuming we do, we may be able to peel beneath the layers and observe just how patterned humans really are. This insight can help us when we […]
#RPCL Log Date July 31, 2017 #BeingHuman #letyourguarddown #grabyourpower #grabyourstrength
Today was one of those days when I jokingly asked the barista if I could have a shot of something (other than espresso). She replied that she had a flask in her backpack (if I liked Whiskey). She smiled. And I smiled wondering what grain of truth was in that flask. I ordered a cherry […]
#RPCL Log Date July 30, 2017 #BeingHuman #MoreIsMore
We definitely live in a culture where more is more. I am grappling with a tough decision for my family relating to a fancy schmancy club that would be fantastic to join. Not because I am a beautiful person or want to be with the beautiful people. But because it offers some amenities that I […]
#RPCL Log Date July 29, 2017 #BeingHuman #evolve #revolve #humansideofvictory
Evolve, Evolved, Evolving (source, Merriam-Webster) transitive verb 1: emit 2a : derive, educe b : to produce by natural evolutionary processes c : develop, work out evolve social, political, and literary philosophies — L. W. Doob Revolve, Revolved, Revolving transitive verb 1: to turn over at length in the mind : ponder revolve a scheme 2a obsolete : to cause to go round in an orbit b : rotate 1 intransitive verb 1: recur 2a : to ponder something b : to […]
#RPCL Log Date July 28, 2017 #BeingHuman #BeASkeptic #ChallengeThinking
In a meeting today I was talking to a relatively new business partner and friend about people who whine. I have little patience for it. Maybe because I used to do it and it’s projection! She warned me that it’s a very French thing to do, too. Of course, I’ve never heard her whine so […]
#RPCL Log Date July 27, 2017 #BeingHuman #InvestInEverydayPeople
There is this whole other world, brought to us by the select few of movers and shakers who can navigate a high stakes game of investment funding. As someone who has had some exposure to this world, I can tell you it’s quite intimidating. First off, there is this culturally relaxed disposition of an elite class […]
#RPCL Log Date July 25, 2017 #BeingHuman #LetYourConscienceWin
The year is 1935 in Munich, Germany. Many common folk are grappling with the stronghold of a totalitarian regime that pretends it’s not. They are in a collective crisis of conscience. Do they fervently buy in to the notion that they are THE entitled class and race, wherein fealty is rewarded with the comfort of a stable job? Or do they protect […]
