Author: Navigating Today
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Christmas Wish
Merry Christmas, Happy Holiday, or Happy Tuesday. Wishing you time for activities and connections that bring you joy and peace today!For me, today is Christmas Eve and I’m spending the…
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Playfulness
Playfulness. I was raised celebrating Christmas and I still do celebrate. However, as an adult the holiday has felt significantly different. As I consider what is different for me, I…
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Connection Matters
As humans, we all long to feel connection and belonging with others. For me, the holiday season increases my desire to feel connected to family and friends. However, like most…
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Labels
I have a history of difficult experiences at dentist offices. So the label “dentist”, for much of my life, had a very negative connotation. I had a fear that any…
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Find Your People
“In a world of strangers, you don’t know who to trust. All you see is danger, try to find what you lost. You can’t go it alone, everybody needs help.…
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Just Like Me
Categorizing Is What Our Brains Do. How do we end division when our brains automatically want to label and categorize? To help keep us safe, our brains were designed to…
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Dear Disheartened Americans
Recent events greatly impacted the hope, courage, and spirit of many Americans. I have noticed many of you getting very quiet, and even disconnecting from life and other people. Shutting…
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Making Sense Of Other People’s Choices
Understand. Feel your disappointment, confusion, and anger. But don’t stop there. Staying in a mindset of resistance and judgment will maintain division among us. Certainly there are components in other…
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This Is Not The End Of The Story
This is not the end of the story. Find a way to calm yourself. Breathe. Create. Express. Find a way to take inspired action. Believe. Uplift. And most of all,…