Beth Terry | March 28, 2008
The desert is an amazing place to live. Occasionally we’re reminded we share this plot of dirt with desert critters. One morning my next door neighbor woke early to let his dogs out. As he was unlocking the sliding door, he noticed “the ugliest, mangiest dog I’ve ever laid eyes on” drinking from his pool. […]
Beth Terry | March 26, 2008
There’s a wonderful scene in “Men in Trees” where one of the characters discovers that Jerome, the local “barfly,” actually is an accomplished pianist with several awards and records to his name. He’s shown looking through a trunk filled with memories of a career that spanned decades, starting in early childhood. Now he sits, […]
Beth Terry | March 23, 2008
I had the poster on my wall in college: “God grant me patience. And I want it RIGHT NOW!” We don’t wait for bread to rise, for food to grow in the garden, to lose weight naturally. We tap our fingers impatiently when the microwave oven is taking too long (2 minutes!) to […]
Beth Terry | March 21, 2008
“How old is your little girl?” I ask. “She is 21 days old.” Parents of young ones always seem to answer in months or days. The miracle that brought the child into the world is still fresh and new, so we count it out carefully. What if we always thought that way? “How old is […]
Beth Terry | March 16, 2008
Psychology Today’s recent edition covers our appetite hardwiring and the weight challenge. Research suggests that we are wired to know when we are too thin, but not when we are overweight.
Primal programming was set in our far-off ancestors to urge them to eat when they could, you never knew when famine might hit. Primal programming […]
Beth Terry | March 12, 2008
I’m in Hawaii right now working with several clients on Managing Change. The thought that adversity could be good for you often throws them, especially with this mortgage meltdown and the scary economy.
Adversity is a powerful teacher for those who pay attention. Each tragic, traumatic or terrible circumstance of your life can be turned around […]
Beth Terry | March 7, 2008
Just got a note from one of my newsletter subscribers. I had written about the importance of being “selfish” and taking care of yourself. Sometimes the bed, the kids, and the laundry will wait. So will that “all important project” at work.
I thought this conversation was worth sharing. So many of us rescue our […]
Beth Terry | March 4, 2008
I’m a recovered perfectionist. You know Perfectionists: bed has to be made in the morning before anything else can be done. Pillows on the couch have to be just so. The little salt and pepper shakers on the stove have a place where they belong, goshdarnit! And you can’t have handwritten notes, everything must be […]
Beth Terry | March 2, 2008
At long last, Thin Mints are back. Every woman who ever belonged to the Girl Scouts has her favorite cookie. Mine is those little minty chocolate covered disks. I don’t know how many calories in a cookie - or box for that matter. It’s against my religion to count calories or grams of anything in […]
The way I see it, Cactus is the most resilient plant in the desert. If you find yourself stuck out on the desert and you can get past the thorns, its fruit will save your life. The same goes for us human critters. If we can get past the thorns of our own life, what we find in our core will save us and sustain us.
