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Do No Harm
I would imagine that we all know the phrase “First, do no harm.” It’s often attributed to the Hippocratic oath that medical students take. The phrase is actually not part of that oath but it stands on its own, still offering a watchword worth holding. The concept seems a simple one and, I would suspect,…
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Enough to Go Around
Here are some things I know for sure. We live busy lives with work and family and friends. We have two dogs, one a 15 year old rescue and the other a 5 year old Golden Retriever. My day begins just after 4 in the morning and goes pretty much full tilt until my head…
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Get Over It
I guess there are people who can just “get over it.” Maybe you are one of them. I, for better or for worse, am not. I never have been. And, while I definitely don’t claim that as one of my better traits, I accept it as part of who I am. In some ways, my…
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Echoes and Understanding
Happy birthday Dad. How amazing it is to realize that it’s been 30 years since I’ve actually said those words to you. I have often said, perhaps as I reflect on it now, a bit uncharitably, that my father elevated difficulty to the level of an art form. Born in Poland, faced with the horrors…
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Stealing Your Peace
Unsettling experiences—we all have them. Sometimes things just don’t go our way or, worse yet, surprise us in ways that might leave us saying “didn’t see that one coming.” You know those times, the ones we replay over and over in our heads, the ones that wake us up in the middle of the night,…
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Filling Holes
Here’s what I don’t think—I don’t think that our childhood is the absolute determinant of who we become. I believe that we all have different skills and abilities and opportunities and that we truly can achieve that which we desire. But what I do think is that there are beliefs and behaviors that we hold…
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Overcoming
I had the great gift of spending the weekend with a group of incredible women. Other than the facilitator and one friend, everyone was new to me and everyone’s story was new. The focus of our retreat was preparing for and envisioning the year ahead, 2023 while it is still bright and shiny and ripe…
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Be the Light
It is close to three years since all of our lives were upended by the “it couldn’t happen here” pandemic. None of us could ever have imagined what this has been like or the permanent changes it has made in our lives and in our world. While the virus has not left us, it is…
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New Year, Renewed Light
The changing of the year on the calendar is always one of those lines of demarcation—a chance to decide what we want to be different going forward. It is easy to cite the obvious targets. I will exercise more or eat better or get more sleep . . . That’s all great, especially if you…
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Giving and Receiving
Somewhere around mid-November this year I announced that I was just not in the holiday spirit this year. I was looking forward to Thanksgiving with family and our traditional New Year celebration with our dearest friends, but I just couldn’t summon up the energy to even think about gift giving. And, let me tell you,…
With a Full Heart
Reflections on Leadership and Life
With a Full Heart 