I still have trouble with the name calling on FB. It’s so easy to want to tell someone they are an (expletive) idiot, but it doesn’t make it okay. So when someone called me an idiot on FB, it annoyed and stung a little. Your mission, if you choose to accept it: Please remember: name calling […]
#RPCL Log Date October 9, 2017 #BeingHuman #beresilient #Dontbehardened #hardlife #resilience
I was watching a fantastic video of a woman on Humans of NY who was talking about how she’s always had to look after number one. The nuance I read in her story is that she lived a very hard life. Indeed her hard shell clearly protected a vulnerability that may have been exploited in […]
#RPCL Log Date October 8, 2017 #BeingHuman #BalancedMoments #LiveInThePresent
Sometimes I tend to see life as a roller coaster. There are those moments of blissful pause at the top of the track where everything seems in equilibrium, but that never lasts more than an instant before everything starts moving rapidly downward. The descent always scares me, or so I thought until I recently realized that the […]
#RPCL Log Date October 7, 2017 #BeingHuman #FallingThroughLife
Some of us fall through life. Some amble. Some plan. I feel like I’m somewhere between ambling and falling with an occasional plan to redirect me. One may not be better than the other, they are just different. Your mission if you choose to accept it: If you fall through life, lift up others on […]
#RPCL Log Date October 6, 2017 #BeingHuman #RemoveJudgment #BeWhoYouAre
The other day my client and friend said to me, “I’ve seen you scare women”. I used to be so upset when I heard it. Two decades later, I feel I’ve heard it enough to just shrug. I know I do. I don’t try. In fact I’m the one who is out-manipulated and fired. But […]
#RPCL Log Date October 5, 2017 #BeingHuman #fear #fearmonster
It’s been a tough week. Suddenly I was getting rejection from everywhere and, just when I was half way through processing one, another event would happen. Being a seller and doer, it’s not entirely surprising when a bid gets rejected or gets negotiated to a disheartening level. But what I’m recovering from now is the fear monster. Some of […]
#RPCL Log Date October 4, 2017 #BeingHuman #LoveAllSides #culture #EmbraceDiversity
When we are born we are handed our beliefs, our rituals, our language and essentially our family values. This becomes our culture, and it’s hard to see life any other way. Your mission, if you choose to accept it: Don’t let your culture narrowly define you. There are thousands of languages and an unknown number […]
#RPCL Log Date October 3, 2017 #BeingHuman #InformYourself
I was on the acupuncture table the other day and couldn’t help but feel worry turn into tears that trickled down my face. It’s hard when you are completely still and can’t move because the needles actually send a jolt that travels through your veins if you move too much. So I had to let the tears […]
#RPCL Log Date October 2, 2017 #BeingHuman #EatCake #Celebrate
Your mission, if you choose to accept it: Eat cake. It’s my birthday so everyone should celebrate. Be kind. Be safe. Be appropriate. Now go!
#RPCL Log Date October 1, 2017 #BeingHuman #IndulgeToCope
Some days I can’t breathe. I feel the pressure of being an entrepreneur and the volatility of our government together weighing heavily on my chest. It’s no wonder I wake up in the middle of the night, wondering why I’m having a hard time exhaling and inhaling. Your mission, if you choose to accept it: Remember […]
