From My DeskI wrote this a few days after wrapping up my first webinar as a certified life coach. The excitement had settled, the thank-you messages had stopped pinging, and I was left with the quiet that follows a long stretch of effort. It wasn’t the fireworks moment I imagined; it was better. It felt … Continue reading What the Soft Growth Era Actually Looks Like
I saw them at a café the other day. A couple sitting across from each other, both on their phones. They weren’t arguing or anything dramatic. Just… scrolling. Every few minutes, one of them would smile and say, “Babe, look at this meme.”The other would glance up, laugh politely, then go back to their screen. … Continue reading The Power of Presence: Finding Real Connection in a Distracted World.
Last night, after one of those slow, affectionate nights together, my husband and I ended up talking. The kind of late-night talk that feels honest and easy. He said something that stayed with me. “You know, when our kids still a little…,” he told me, “I rarely saw you the way I used to, as … Continue reading The Art of Noticing Each Other Again
It happened at a café one morning.I was a little bit jetlagged, standing in line for coffee, when someone walked right in front of me and ordered first. For a second, I froze. That little spark of irritation came up, the kind that whispers, Whattt, Seriously? In my head, I started building the usual story; maybe … Continue reading The Skill of Not Taking Things Seriously
Last week in Melaka-Malaysia, a small but very beautiful and aesthetic city, I had a simple but unforgettable moment. My husband and I were wandering through one of the old museums, the kind filled with antique porcelain, carved wooden furniture, and fragile handwritten letters. The air carried the faint scent of dust and varnished wood, … Continue reading The Beauty of Doing Things Slowly
