Last night, I played hide and seek and Backgammon. And to my surprise, I won both games. One win could be attributed to my natural knack of squeezing into tight corners, but the other was a mixture of luck & mindset training.

The quality of our relationships determine the quality of our life. This blog post outlines a tool that we should all have in our tool belt to deal with the inevitable conflict that arises with our loved ones.

Photo from a girl’s trip to Big Bend National Park in 2017.

There’s nothing quite like catching up with your girlfriends. It’s an irreplaceable community that is very special to the female spirit. Is this because there’s an “ancient gene” associated with female mammals?

Some musings and an ode to my girlfriends.

I’ve been using the Waking Up app for meditation for almost a year now, and I have really enjoyed being a student of the Waking Up Course and have learned a lot about the mind, meditation, ego, and how to better control my emotions.

Photo taken by Yona Shaw

We are living in some tremendously uncertain times, where all our routines and habits have been thrown by the wayside.

Developing stronger “delight muscles” would enable us to walk through these turbulent times with grace and ease.

This magical exercise (her words, not mine) was first given to her by one of her most influential mentors, Milton Glaser, one of the most celebrated graphic designers of our time. Over the course of a couple years, she modified the exercise and now gives it to her students as an essay prompt titled, “Your Ten-Year Plan for a Remarkable Life.”

It is a way for your higher self to communicate that there is a need that is not being met in your life. And it’s probably connected to one of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs.