By Lorna Martinez Magill Lately I’ve been reflecting on the life transitions I have experienced over the last couple of years. Our youngest son graduated from college and moved to another city, I resigned from my position as a CFO of a non-profit and my husband experienced some significant health challenges. If I said these have been some of the most challenging two years of my life, it would...
By Lorna Magill Have you ever read a book and encountered a major thought-provoking question? I recently completed "The Measure" by Nikki Erlick, and it really raises an intriguing question worth pondering. Imagine having access to a transformative piece of information that could alter the course of your life: The duration of your existence. In the book millions of people wake up to find a small...
By Lorna Martinez Magill Have you ever had the experience of having a friend give you a nudge to get you to do something that is good for you that you might not have done if she wasn’t there to make you accountable? About a year ago, a friend encouraged me to make a crucial phone call that I so needed to make, and she helped me overcome a challenge I was experiencing faster than I would have...
By Lorna Martinez Magill Today started just like any other day. I automatically woke up at 4:00 a.m. and although I typically jump out of bed today, I decided I was going to ease into my day. I looked up a YouTube video on meditation and settled for a 10-minute video on having a peaceful day. I read about 10 pages in The Hotel Nantucket, an Erin Hilderbrand book I’m currently reading, scanned...
By Marianne Clyde Don’t let the title scare you. I actually plan to live a long full life. As I hope you do. However, as much as I am an advocate of the principle that we are co-creators with God, and nobody has control over me but me, I am also aware that there are times when LIFE just happens. There is a natural disaster. There is a frightening diagnosis. Someone we love dies or is in an...
These days there is a lot of talk about living a life with intention. What exactly does that mean? There seem to be numerous ways to define intentionally, some of which can be very deep. In thinking of running errands intentionally I settled on: an attitude of purposefulness, with a commitment to deliberate action and with an awareness of what one is doing. Now, you may ask, where did this topic...
I recently started reading Think Like a Monk by Jay Shetty and I’ve been hooked from page 1. I’m only on page 28 and, just about every page has an action step that resonates with me. Wow, my self-improvement list is getting longer each day! Speaking of self-improvement, this morning, I’m trying to get in my reading goal of 30 pages a day (while I’m also thinking of all the other things I...
Do you ever have one of those days when you just want to do nothing? I have been in a bit of a funk the last few days and although I do know why I am feeling so off, I have an internal dialogue with myself. “Lorna, you have so much to be grateful for so snap out of it.” Easier said than done. Somedays you just must give yourself some grace and know that it is normal to feel down or overwhelmed...
Just Be… When I was in the beginning stages of my transition a friend of mine introduced me to the concept of “being”. Being? What is that I asked? I don’t know about you, but I’m a doer. I used to (well who am I kidding, I still do) gauge my days on what I accomplish rather than just “being”. However, I am happy to say that over the past year and a half I have learned to embrace the...
What could you accomplish if you gave up one hour of binge watching a week? I don’t know about you, but I can easily get sucked into binge watching a series as the writers are expert at “sucking you in” with the teaser at the end of each episode. I’m usually also “doing something else” (like paying bills, online shopping, going through my stacks of paper) but in reality, I’m still watching TV...
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