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secret.

The latest class of VerbTribe just ended. This week, I will feature on 37days the writing of VerbTribe members in this most recent class. These excerpts are in response to daily prompts the class provides, and I hope you will appreciate the voices of these writers. If you’re interested in …

breakthrough.

The latest class of VerbTribe just ended. This week, I will feature on 37days the writing of VerbTribe members in this most recent class. These excerpts are in response to daily prompts the class provides, and I hope you will appreciate the voices of these writers. If you’re interested in …

creative acts of suicide.

The latest class of VerbTribe just ended. This week, I will feature on 37days the writing of VerbTribe members in this most recent class. These excerpts are in response to daily prompts the class provides, and I hope you will appreciate the voices of these writers. If you’re interested in …

saturated in surrender.

The latest class of VerbTribe just ended. This week, I will feature on 37days the writing of VerbTribe members in this most recent class. These excerpts are in response to daily prompts the class provides, and I hope you will appreciate the voices of these writers. If you’re interested in …

My SaSa

The latest class of VerbTribe just ended. This week, I will feature on 37days the writing of VerbTribe members in this most recent class. These excerpts are in response to daily prompts the class provides, and I hope you will appreciate the voices of these writers. If you’re interested in …

giving thanks.

Listen with the night falling we are saying thank you we are stopping on the bridges to bow from the railings … we are running out of the glass rooms with our mouths full of food to look at the sky and say thank you we are standing by the …

be still in the center of chaos.

go beyond remembering

Fourteen years ago today, this young man died a horrible death. You and I–we didn’t know it was happening, we couldn’t help him, but I think we can help others like him. We must, I believe. Shortly after midnight on October 7, 1998, east of Laramie, Wyoming, 21-year-old Matthew Shepard …

be happy in advance

Here’s a story from my book, Four Word Self Help, about being happy in advance. A friend told me a story recently about a 92-year-old man who had to finally move into a rest home after the death of his wife. The family was worried about how he would react. …

becoming bendy

As I plan for my first “Becoming Bendy” online class with master wellness coaches Greg Hottinger and Michael Scholtz, I’m reminded of my own journey. If what I’ve written below sounds familiar, I hope you’ll join us for what is going to be an extraordinary, honest, transformational journey in our …