[April] Jen’s Monthly Round-Up

[April] Jen’s Monthly Round-Up

I spent a big chunk of March in Patagonia (Chile and Argentina) trekking and trail running with my husband and bonus son Aidan. The landscape dwarfed any I’ve ever been in.  We drove through native grasslands with nary a fence in sight. We hiked into a basin beneath...
How to Prevent Breaking Promises to Yourself

How to Prevent Breaking Promises to Yourself

Last week we talked about how to recover when you’ve broken a promise you made to yourself. This week, let’s illuminate how to make promises you can keep. Most of us never learned how to make clear promises to ourselves. And that causes us a whole lot of unnecessary...
What to do When You Break a Promise You Made to Yourself

What to do When You Break a Promise You Made to Yourself

Saturday I planned on running 5 miles. Friday night, I drank two glasses of red wine with my friend Dana. Red wine gives me a weird hangover, a sticky mix of weepy and headachy. (But it was so fun to celebrate my friend’s new job.) I did not run on Saturday. Felt...
[March] Jen’s monthly round-up

[March] Jen’s monthly round-up

March means Spring! I’ve always thought March should be considered the beginning of the new year. Of course so did ancient cultures. Everything quickening and gathering energy to spring into new life. I’m feeling that new beginning energy in such a lovely way. As I...
Did another day just whoosh by…

Did another day just whoosh by…

Without you getting any writing done? Another day without writing or painting or working out or finally trying out those new recipes? Another day when everything and everybody else took precedence. Or you started but then didn’t know what exactly to do so you got...