by Marlena Fiol | Sep 24, 2020
In this week’s blogs, our guest Kim Colegrove has inspired us by sharing her personal story about transforming grief and suffering into compassionate action. She ended her blog with, “If you feel inspired or motivated to activate your grief, here are some ideas.” She lists…
by Marlena Fiol | Sep 3, 2020
Pickle Ball with our Grandson and his Friend This week’s blogs have explored the upsides and the potential downsides of a focused life. On the continuum from FOCUSED to DISTRACTED, Ed and I regularly err on the side of too much FOCUS, undoubtedly sacrificing important…
by Marlena Fiol | Jul 9, 2020
I am pleased to bring you the thinking of today’s guest, Thordis Elva. Thordis is an Icelandic author, speaker, playwright, and activist for gender equality. Thordis collaborated on and published a book with her perpetrator, Tom Stranger, making her the first rape…
by Marlena Fiol | Jun 26, 2020
I am pleased to bring you the thinking of today’s guest, Harriet Brown. She is a writer, magazine editor and professor of magazine journalism at the Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. Harriet writes,…
by Marlena Fiol | Jun 12, 2020
I am pleased to bring you the thinking of today’s guest, Elizabeth Scott. Liz is a psychologist in private practice in Portland, and she is the author of This Never Happened, a…
by Marlena Fiol | Jun 4, 2020
A recent conversation at our house: Ed: Look at all that beautiful jewelry. It’s a shame you never wear it anymore. Me: I know. Sorry. I hardly comb my hair anymore. Sorry. Ed: I love you anyway….