Tiny Bites of Wagaliciousness

The other day my friend Belinda Todd tossed out a precious gem as if it were a used tissue. Belinda, a few other women friends and I were talking about how we limit ourselves by what we believe. Belinda is a woman who...

When was the last time you got white-hot angry? Think about the actions you took while you were upset – were they good ones? Did you regret them later? Maybe even need to apologize to someone for what you did while...

Are you familiar with the old Paul Simon song, Obvious Child? In this song about moving towards the end of life, he sings, “Why deny the obvious, child.” Yet we all do, right? Things change and we rail against the...

What decade of life are you in? I remember being in my teens and 20’s, thinking I had life all figured out and that the old people were so out of touch. In my 30’s, it was becoming abundantly clear that some of the...

What are you afraid of? Really, seriously, nearly phobically afraid of? For most of my life, it’s been spiders, and woe be unto any that venture inside my house. About half of the human population feels anxious about...

The other day I was tired and hot and short of time. I’d just finished back-to-back to back training classes, had to get the dogs home and fed, myself cleaned up and changed into something more presentable, and then...

The last time you needed someone to help you, who did you call? How did they react? How about the time before that – was it the same person you reached out to? Were they there for you that time, too? Now think about...

When someone is staring at you, what’s your knee-jerk reaction? Do you assume they’re judging you and their thoughts aren’t very flattering? Do you assume that they’re some sort of weirdo with an unbalanced...

This strong statement was part of a meme I saw today: “Apology accepted, access denied.” Wow…talk about a powerful sentence in just four words! Long ago I had a boyfriend who wasn’t a great boyfriend. When I’d finally...

Don’t answer this question out loud – how do you feel when someone wins something? It might be something you’ve dreamed of having, or something you wish you could have, or even something you thought you’d get, not...

You know how people say “what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger?” There’s that one caveat - you have to live through the not-optimal somehow to get to the “stronger” part. In the middle of a major life upheaval, it...

Do you keep tight reins on yourself for fear of looking like a fool, or being judged by others and found lacking? I stayed in a nice hotel recently and was snacked on by some bugs who’d taken up residence in the bed....