My son’s U18 hockey team had a tournament on the weekend in Seattle. Well, more accurately, the Seattle area. Redmond, Kirkland, Snoqualmie. So the 4 of us went down to spend the weekend. So then, of course we get the questions from non-hockey-family people: did you rent the scooters? Did you go to Pike Place … Continue reading Seattle, Kind Of
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Mel and Being On The Court
Last week one day it struck me that I needed to check out Jay Shetty’s podcast and see what was new as I was aware there was an episode with Mel Robbins that was new-ish. I just had to go back a couple episodes to find the January 16th podcast with Mel. I started to … Continue reading Mel and Being On The Court
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In his book, The Everyday Hero Manifesto, Robin Sharma tells the story of a window of opportunity to meet someone - a movie actor - that he admired. And he let fear and doubt set in, and walked away instead. I can relate to this as I have had many times in my ‘shy’ youth, … Continue reading Gifts
The Watch, the Duffel Bag and St. Christopher
I have been following along a meditation program that goes through different ‘phases’ of active meditation. I am not writing about the meditation itself today - that will be a topic that ‘future’ Devon can write about. One of the steps or phases is on forgiveness. Since it asks that you think of and forgive … Continue reading The Watch, the Duffel Bag and St. Christopher
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This fall there were more days than not that I felt a bit in the deep end of overwhelm. Some every day things felt like a lot. Still in a manageable way, but just felt emotionally tapped I guess, is the best way to describe it. We did add a puppy to our family in … Continue reading Shoulder
Devon Mcfadden 