Erin’s Blog
Lifting the weight takes time.
“Never give the problem a year and the solution a week.” The author Jon Acuff posted this pithy comment about someone who had gone to the gym for a few weeks and hadn’t lost all of the weight they were hoping to lose…which, as it would turn out, took them years to...
It’s all Energy
I headed to yoga last Friday morning. I’ve got a few favorite teachers at my yoga studio, and a few favorite phrases from each of them. Begin again. Stay on your mat. Those are from my Slow Flow teachers. Then there’s the Mixed Flow teacher who is known to fully...
Feedback to Forget
“Can you help me not be an asshole?” 😳 The workshop had ended. It was late. Brandon was in a shouting-whisper discussion with his supervisor. You know that tone people take when they are trying to keep things quiet but are fired up and that energy comes through?...
Who is it for?
What’s your “Why?” Perhaps Simon Sinek’s concept and book, Start with Why are familiar to you. You’ve got his concept to thank if you’ve been to a conference recently and inevitably heard the speaker deviate from their regularly scheduled talk to show a picture of...
The Four Guideposts: Lessons from Gamache
A few things got me through the pandemic: bags of Doritos, staring at the ocean, and Louise Penny and her Inspector Gamache book series. For those not in the know, the series is set in Three Pines, a fictional town in Quebec. Penny writes in a way that makes you...
Nice vs. kind, plus the one vital ingredient
I had a 7:00 am dentist appointment this morning. I hadn’t been for a cleaning since February, and my mouth is of the sort that needs the 3-month maintenance plan. When my hygienist asked me where I’d been, I said, “My favorite dentist retired and I was protesting....
You’re Welcome, gratitude’s forgotten sidekick
While every store I've been into lately would have us believe it's December 18, not November 18th, I am refusing to succumb to the Christmas hype until I get another full week of gratitude...and get full past the point of popping with mashed potatoes next Thursday....
Who gets your energy?
This past week in my session, there was a guy in the back. He was all of the things you might think “a guy in the back” might be. On his phone. Non-responsive to questions. A wiseass when he did answer. Mostly checked out. I close out most of my sessions with the,...
Our story creates our suffering
It all started with the line, “No offense…but…” What he wrote wasn’t offensive. That phrase, however, is obnoxious. That line flicked the domino over and set in motion the events of the next two days. The “no offense” comment was in response to me sending some...
Amos Lee and the Buttons
Amos Lee was at the Florida Theater Tuesday night. Mike and I were there, 7 rows back; my 7th time seeing him. The first time we saw him was in 2017 at the same theater. Back then, I’m not sure I even knew who he was. My brother had gifted us the tickets saying we...
