Comments (0)

By meredith, July 20, 2010 8:37 am

It’s all a process. I’ve heard it before, and it’s important to continue to remind myself of this truth.

Life is a process. It’s not a suddenly wake up one day and be happy sort of a situation. It’s a wow, I feel great this morning why is that and I should pay attention to it sort of a situation.

Take this morning, for example. I am sitting out here on the porch. I’ve had my 15 minutes of meditation, and I’m listening to the birds, and the breeze feels really good and sort of cool.

And in the distance I can hear the cars whizzing by, but it’s more like a white noise, so it’s relaxing. Back here, on the second floor deck surrounded by treetops and chirping birds, the morning is slow. The morning is pleasant. The morning is a beautiful sign for what’s to come today.

Comments (0)

By meredith, June 21, 2010 4:07 pm

My friend and colleague, Shaina, mechanical engineer and yoga teacher extraordinaire, sent me the link to a very intriguing competition that is being put on by DailyCandy and Bayer in honor of the 100th anniversary of the birth control pill.

There are three different competitions, and they will choose three ambitious women who share an idea that sticks with them. Those three women $5,000 to put their plan into action.

Others will be profiled on the web site to share their ideas.
Check it out!
http://www.dailycandy.com/promo/bayer/contest.jsp

If you have any ideas that you would love to share with this community, please post them in the comments section. I’ll be sure to approve them!
I’ll bet you can guess what I applied for. And yes, it has EVERYTHING to do with wholisticwomen.com.

Have fun with this!

Comments (1)

By meredith, June 17, 2010 3:16 pm

My good friend Alia had a good reminder for me today about taking a look at what we accomplish each day and feeling good about that. These elements of our day, these decisions we make; or projects we start or finish; or tasks we accomplish at work or in life, big or small, really do add up…and can truly contribute to a greater sense of well being and faith in ourselves and our path. They can remind us that we truly ARE kicking butt and taking names in life…Here’s what Alia had to share with us today:

‘Every day that you show up and accomplish something good and do a good job you are heading down the path of your career. Sometimes I don’t know if we can plan it like we think we can….I think a lot of it evolves and happens as a result of decisions we make on the day-to-day stuff. So—you’ve already DECIDED to do a great job at what you are doing RIGHT NOW, so that’s the beginning of it I think. The rest kind of unfolds as you’re busy being good….’

Comments (0)

By meredith, June 16, 2010 8:42 am

Thanks, Debbe Kennedy, for the reminder on your blog today about cultivating optimism. Sometimes we have to push ourselves to appreciate the day! http://globaldialoguecenter.blogs.com/women/

‘Carol King said it nicely in her enduring song…BEAUTIFUL! “You got to get up every morning, with a smile on your face and show the world all the love in your heart…”‘

Comments (0)

By meredith, June 11, 2010 4:54 pm

“There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so.”

William Shakespeare (1564 -1616) was an English poet and playwright

Comments (0)

By meredith, June 10, 2010 4:45 pm

http://www.womansday.com/Articles/Family-Lifestyle/Women-Who-Are-Changing-the-World.html

‘Be the change you wish to see in the world.’ – Ghandi

Comments (0)

By meredith, May 19, 2010 6:11 pm

The other day I made a wish on a candle with my nephew. When I asked him what he wished for, he replied ‘I wished that we could have a celebration!’ Now, my nephew didn’t necessarily have anything in particular in mind: it wasn’t someone’s birthday, we weren’t planning a party; we just felt like making a wish before we blew out a candle.

It got me thinking: why NOT celebrate every day. People talk about enjoying the small pleasures in life, and how these can increase our day to day levels of happiness. Things like a good cup of coffee, making a great point at a meeting, coming up with a good idea that’s well received at work, or cooking a really tasty meal for loved ones are all reasons to celebrate, not only life and a great moment in our days, but celebrate ourselves and all of the richness we have in our lives, much of which we have cultivated…Now, if only I could think (and make playtime!) like a four-year old more often…

Comments (7)

By meredith, May 3, 2010 11:27 pm

Wendy Rue Williams is the Health & Wellness Director of Boston Connects, a program that supports the wellness of elementary school kids that is run through Boston College. We had our phone interview at 7 p.m. on a week night so that Wendy had a chance to feed her kids dinner and then get them settled in. Talk about a busy woman who still makes time for the important things in life…Her strategy: 23 minutes of freedom while her daughter was watching Dora the Explorer with her earned TV time…now THAT’S what I call a win-win. Get comfortable. Wendy has a lot to share with us…

Continue reading 'Interview with Wendy Rue Williams: Woman of Wellness'»

Comments (0)

By meredith, April 26, 2010 7:14 pm

This sunday I planted a few pots with potting soil and some seeds. I planted green onion, forget-me-nots, cilantro, and lavender. This is the first time I’ve done this, so needless to say I spent a lot of time on burpee.com and other web sites, along with calling up my Mum, for some tips on growing. I want to see those little seedlings shoot up RIGHT AWAY through that soil!!! But I know that’s not exactly possible right away…so I’ll have to work on my patience juuuust a tad.

I found it fitting that when I came into work today and flipped through The Food Projects’ Spring 2010 newsletter, the poem, ‘With Time, I Grow’ was included. It made me think about the metaphors we can make to planting season and watching seeds grow, just like we can watch ourselves grow. In fact, a couple of weekends ago when I went to a retreat at Kripalu, our instructor, writer and life coach, Laura Berman Fortgang, told me I’m in a growth stage right now. I’m at the point in life, she said, where I’m cultivating the sun and the rain water and the nutrients for the soil, and I have to be patient with that. I think  this little potted plant experiment of mine is going to be just the right activity for practicing my patience. Because, let’s be honest, I want to big a BIG BRIGHT BEAUTIFUL BLOOMING flower RIGHT THIS VERY MINUTE…and we all know it doesn’t always work that way….So that’s where the trust and the patience and the smaller celebrations come in.

‘With Time, I Grow’

Composition by Omar Omar, Elizabeth Baxter, Matthew Burckardt and Eva Macdonald: Boston D.I.R.T. Crew

There I was

Growing like a seed.

Then weeds appeared

Roots took over, underground.

Smooth breezes began to blow

In anger, filling me with insecurity.

Who am I, who will I be?

Through seasons: birth, death

The cycle of winter’s chill

And summer’s scorch.

I change, I adapt

Underground is no longer

Where I want to be

There is a whole world

Waiting for me.

Comments (0)

By meredith, April 24, 2010 8:16 am

‘The future doesn’t exist, and it never will. When the future arrives, it will be the present moment. The present moment is all we ever have, and it is in each fleeting, present moment that we must practice enlightenment. We will never find it anywhere else.’ -Pema Chodren, on SusanPiver.com