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Author Archives: Ellen
Receiving Compliments, Giving Compliments
Every Tuesday morning, I meet up with friends at Berkeley Marina for our ritual Tuesday morning run. Today, there were 8 of us, mostly from Berkeley, Albany and Oakland. And it was a beautiful sunny morning, with views of San … Continue reading
Get Your Instant Happy Fix Here!
Many people don’t realize it, but our happiness has very little to do with our current external circumstances. Happiness is an internal mindset, and each of us has the ability to instantly increase our level of happiness, simply by what … Continue reading
Happy Mothers Day, Earth
Today is Earth Day. Earth Day is sort of like Mothers Day. It’s a day when you are really nice to your Mom, let her sleep in, serve her breakfast in bed or take her out to brunch and a … Continue reading
A Funeral and a Wedding
In my previous post, I talked about a dear friend of mine, Sue (Susie) Adams, who died in January after a long battle with Scleroderma, a degenerative disease that affects the connective tissue. She was just 53. Her death was … Continue reading
What Does Your Obituary Say?
A very dear friend of mine died two days ago after a long struggle with Scleroderma, “a chronic connective tissue disease generally classified as one of the autoimmune rheumatic diseases.” In recent years, her condition rapidly worsened and she had … Continue reading
Go Confidently in the Direction of Your Dreams
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you’ve imagined. – Henry David Thoreau If you have dreams for 2011, now is the time to write them down. Then start moving in the direction of your dreams. … Continue reading
In Thanks to the French
July 14 is Bastille Day – or French Independence Day – France’s version of the Fourth of July. It celebrates the storming of the Bastille, a fortress-prison, and the citizens rising up against the Monarchy (Louis XIV) and the beginning … Continue reading
Embrace the New
“It takes a lot of courage to release the familiar and seemingly secure, to embrace the new. But there is no real security in what is no longer meaningful. There is more security in the adventurous and exciting, for in … Continue reading