A Different Perspective

A Different Perspective

It’s old news at this point, but the incident between Will Smith and Chris Rock at the 94th Annual Academy Awards has stuck with me, and not only because of its inherent controversy.  It was loaded with the kinds of ideas, questions, and complicated inspiration...
Feel better through life story writing

Feel better through life story writing

Examining your “big rock” and “small rock” stories. A Journey to Legacy™ client and I were talking about the results she was experiencing now that she is writing down her life stories. “I feel better,” she said. When I asked her why she thought...
Rewrite Your Story and Find the Silver Lining

Rewrite Your Story and Find the Silver Lining

Five months after our daughter was born, my husband (at the time) informed me that he had purchased a business in Lake Tahoe, Nevada and we would be moving there from our home in San Jose, California. At first, I resisted. Our marriage was already troubled, and I...
You have a choice. Are you a champ or chump?

You have a choice. Are you a champ or chump?

When I was a sophomore in high school, my girlfriend, Sarah, tried to help me recover from a broken heart by passing me the sweetest note during math class. Between hearts and exclamation points, she encouraged me to move on from my longtime crush – who had...
Write Your Own Story, It’s Therapeutic

Write Your Own Story, It’s Therapeutic

If you’re like me, you’ve heard people talk about how therapeutic it can be to write your life stories. Heck, if you’re like me, you’ve told others how therapeutic it can be to write stories based on personal experiences. But does memoir...