by LivingROI | Jan 31, 2021 | Blog
Have you ever found yourself somewhere special, having a wonderful time, and you begin to think about how you want to come back to this place while you are still there? Maybe you even begin to plan for when you’re going to return. In that moment, you’re not there. And...
by LivingROI | Jan 24, 2021 | Blog
There is a bittersweetness in solitude. A loneliness, strength and freedom. Solitude itself is elusive in today’s cacophony of distraction. I remember days of traveling through Europe and sitting in a café for hours by myself writing longhand letters, journaling and...
by LivingROI | Jan 17, 2021 | Blog
We are staring two crises in the face: one is physical, the other is political; both are spiritual. Spiritual dis-ease in the Earth and the political psyche. There are lessons in both. In a recent article written in The Globe and Mail, Canada’s national newspaper, a...
by LivingROI | Jan 10, 2021 | Blog
It’s a stressful time in the world. Between the U.S. Capitol riot last week and the ongoing pandemic, one can feel a bit unmoored. When my daughter, Marina, said she was going to “eat her frog” yesterday, I thought it would be a good topic—focusing...
by LivingROI | Dec 20, 2020 | Blog
This phrase is especially applicable today, in the Northern Hemisphere*, on the eve of winter solstice, with vaccines arriving while deaths from Covid-19 peak. It is dark; and the sun will surely rise. The darkness of winter is truly a time to go inside, literally and...
by LivingROI | Dec 13, 2020 | Blog
This morning I woke up in the mountains with the snow coming down. As I walked into the living room with the fire already blazing, it sure looked comfy! “Maybe it is snowing too much to go skiing,” I thought to myself. I could just hang out by the fire, read and...