Tag: personal growth

  • See what’s possible in July, Week 1: The Beautiful Road

    See what’s possible in July, Week 1: The Beautiful Road

    Philosopher Alan Watts once told this story: Once there was a farmer whose horse ran away. That evening, his neighbors came around to sympathize. “We’re so sorry your horse ran away,” they said. “That is unfortunate.” The farmer responded, “Maybe.”

  • Introducing: Keep Cool in Hot Situations…at Work!

    Introducing: Keep Cool in Hot Situations…at Work!

    Please enjoy this excerpt from my next Blossie @work book: Keep Cool in Hot Situations…at Work! Coming this July(-ish) 😊! No time to read? Listen here! On a warm, sunny morning, you drive to work, listening to your favorite music and thinking about the day ahead. Feeling focused and positive, you arrive at your job…

  • “It’s amazing what love can do”

    “It’s amazing what love can do”

    Please enjoy this excerpt from my new book: You, Beautiful: Getting gorgeous from the inside out. Coming soon! No time to read? Listen here! When we say someone loves themselves, it’s not a compliment. Just the opposite. Loving yourself is being self-involved, selfish. It’s embarrassing to be described this way. “It’s amazing what love can…

  • Be kind to yourself

    Be kind to yourself

    Please enjoy this excerpt from my new book: You, Beautiful: Getting gorgeous from the inside out. Coming soon! Blossie’s Books started with journal entries, just pages of scribbles and reflections about my life: a young marriage, his infidelity, then divorce. Remarriage, infertility, miscarriages, then one day, two beautiful babies. Working for other people, then myself…

  • Courage to create

    Courage to create

    Please enjoy this excerpt from Braving It, one of my absolute favorite books. You gotta read the whole thing…there’s so much in here about living boldly and freely! This post is from the chapter: “Create your joy” “Creativity takes courage,” said master French painter Henri Matisse. It definitely does take courage to dance and sing…

  • Just getting started

    Just getting started

    Today is where your book begins The rest is still unwritten. — Natasha Bedingfield The theme I have for you this month is “Just getting started” — and beautiful someone, we SO are, in every way. So what if today is the day the everything changes for you? What if today you realize that you…

  • YES changes everything!

    YES changes everything!

    Please enjoy this excerpt from the opening of Yes Changes Everything! There is this amazing story about the day John Lennon and Yoko Ono met: in the Fall of 1966, Yoko was in London for an art exhibition. Already an accomplished avant-garde artist, Yoko was displaying her works at the Indica Gallery as part of…

  • Gratitude: the miracle-magnet

    Gratitude: the miracle-magnet

    When the sky brightens, and the day is suddenly new…what do you dream of then? A friend told me this amazing story: attendees at a seminar are shown a video of two people playing catch. They’re told just to focus on counting the number of times each person catches the ball. In the middle of…

  • The promise of Braving It

    The promise of Braving It

      Please enjoy this excerpt from the Introduction of my newest book: Braving It!   Imagine the happy/healthy/sane feeling that comes from living true to our unique goals, talents, and passions. Picture…

  • Permission to be ourselves

    Permission to be ourselves

    Please enjoy this excerpt of Braving It: The gentle art of living boldly …coming in June!   At the time the idea for Braving It was taking shape in my mind, fueled (as all Blossie’s books are in one way or another J) by my own heartfelt experiences and those of the people I love,…