Teeny tiny abandonments add up; they sound polite, but land like a finger slammed in a door. “That’s not how things are done.” “I don’t have the bandwidth.” “I can’t do that.” The pretense that circumstances have tied the speaker’s hands is never true in my book. There must be something I can do. The…
On a family trip, I needed to take a private plane between two airports—not like the private planes you see on TV, but the kind crop dusters use. I already didn’t like turbulence, and I couldn’t imagine liking it. My sister-in-law told me to imagine I was riding a horse. I don’t know if it…
A recent podcast featuring Nir Eyal on the Jordan Harbinger Show about limiting beliefs inspired me to list seven of my own. Got any limiting beliefs you don’t mind sharing? Caryn’s Top Seven Limiting Beliefs https://youtu.be/diV0PuC0w1E?si=g2WI0Gqkl3xkRT6T
I remember the felt circles we played with at the Green Circle meeting back in the 1960s. I still love the rough, floppy felt. We sat on the floor, faces upturned to the undeniable authority of mothers with a portable easel. Maybe it was the settlement house in Cleveland—an important hub. Let’s say yes. They…
By the edge of a wild sea lived seven brothers with their mother. After their father was lost to a storm, she forbade them to fish. But the boys grew hungry, and at last she could no longer hold back. “Go,” she said. “But if you lose even one of you, don’t come back.” They…
Here’s a lesson I’ve never quite mastered: letting go of a point. Back in the day, my friend Tricia and I were up late organizing a rally and various protests. It was after midnight, and I was ranting about one of our leaders’ baffling behavior—how annoyed I was. My friend Tricia had her baseball cap…