Life Transitions
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Flexibility
This year I am practicing flexibility. This is not something that comes easily to me. I can be quite rigid: in my thinking, in my eating habits, in my routines. I once had a professor who told us that inflexibility can be thought of as psycho-arteriosclerosis – arteriosclerosis of the mind. We all know the… Continue reading
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Menopause: Your Life in Focus
Things look different from up high when we take a bird’s eye view. And then, when we get down into the details, we see things we didn’t before. Things we like, things we don’t. Either way, it’s not what we expected. This can be painful, but at the same time beautiful. It’s like installing a… Continue reading
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Spiraling Upwards
During the student orientation of my master’s degree program, the president of our college told us about her theory of learning: “It’s like a spiral,” she said. “You will keep circling back to topics you have already learned, but forgotten. Yet with each pass through, you will notice that you have reached a new level… Continue reading
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Don’t Worry About the How
When I was in my late thirties, I decided that I wanted to go back to school to pursue a career that, over a decade prior, had taken root in me. I was dissatisfied with my job, mostly because I couldn’t manage the stress. And I hated the idea of reaching the end of my… Continue reading
All Flared Up 