Cultivate resilience
When we cultivate resilience, we develop inner “toughness” and increase our ability to successfully navigate changing seasons.
Winds of change
It’s fall in Alaska and the mist rises on the lake outside our cabin door, bringing winds of change. We sense the change as much as we see it, feeling the crisp cool air, smelling the decaying leaves, and hearing the cries of the departing loons, ducks and sandhill cranes. Navigating life change in general…
Transitions
These past few weeks have been busy days, filled with the change from spring to summer, a new job for my husband, the ending of another semester of college for one of our daughters, a graduation, a wedding, a visit to see my family in Oregon. In Alaska and Oregon, the days have been cooler…
Changing seasons
Alaskans refer to springtime as “breakup” season, the time when the winter’s accumulation of snow melts, days grow longer and temperatures creep higher during the day and remain below freezing at night. This transition is unpredictable, with snow one minute, and rain or sunshine the next. Streets are covered in gravel used to provide traction…