June 22, 2022
Vulnerability & Loving Hard
Vulnerability: the quality or state of being exposed to the possibility of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally. June is a vulnerable month for me. Partly because I end…
March 19, 2021
Priorities
Reflection Last year I experienced more downtime and opportunities for new activities. Some evenings and weekends were filled with wedding planning, others with board games or cooking experiments. I enjoyed…
November 27, 2020
Promises
During our lifetime we will make thousands of promises to family, friends, co-workers, strangers and ourselves. Some promises are small like, “I promise to call you tomorrow.” Other promises impact…
July 9, 2020
A Breath of Hope
The Bridge In April of this year, UnbridledACTS created the 2020 Assistance Fund to help people directly affected by COVID-19. We wanted to bridge the gap between fear and uncertainty…
February 3, 2017
Disarming
Getting to know people {I mean, really know them} and letting them know us {again, I mean really} requires finding our way around a few blind spots and any number…
January 20, 2017
Seeing Our Blind Spots
If we’re going to remember that “sometimes simple works,” it may help to review the complex nature of the defense mechanisms we use in life that pretty much never work.…
September 22, 2016
Games People Play
I’m not much of a game player myself, but when a friend wants to play board games for her birthday, I’m all in…dragging a big load of leftover fear and…
September 16, 2016
The Fine Art of Feedback
It’s been a while since we broached the dreaded topic of confrontation…and how we hate when that happens. I only bring it up, of course, in hopes of changing our…