I left on a journey. A self-seeking journey to a mountaintop far above. On the journey, I put my blind trust on something other than intuition, and I became lost. So lost. Instead of climbing higher and higher, I sank down into the ravines of fog and chill. “This can’t be right.” I nervously exclaimed.Continue reading “A Self-Seeking Journey Gone Rouge”
Author Archives: Fireflies and Jars
Today I Thought of You: Savoring past relationships
Today I was sitting in the ocean. Back against a boulder, booty in the water, toes sticking out. I noticed how nice my pedicure looked, and I thought of you. Today I was sitting at an airport bar. Tv on, eyes getting tired, wishing for excitement, and I thought of you. Today I was hikingContinue reading “Today I Thought of You: Savoring past relationships”
My Own First Client
When did I decide to start coaching? It wasn’t a decision. It was a necessity. My first client was a typical case. As a child, she was bright, curious, and highly imaginative. As a teenager, she was emotional, broody, and severely romantic in thought. As a young adult, she was ambitious yet reckless, motivated yetContinue reading “My Own First Client”
An Open Letter to the People in my Life
I am currently working towards a Master’s of Applied Positive Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania. My classmates and I were given the assignment of creating a positivity portfolio in which we were to choose a positive emotion to focus on and collect pictures, poems, songs, letters, tokens, etc that are meaning for us withinContinue reading “An Open Letter to the People in my Life”
Life: Who’s Got the Map?
We had been paddling all day. I sat in the front of the canoe, slick with sweat from exerting myself beneath the Florida sun. I was hot and tired, and where is a lady to use the bathroom while paddling in a canoe for hours around the thousand island region of Everglades National Park? I couldContinue reading “Life: Who’s Got the Map?”
A Visit to Chrysalis School Montana
Out of the airplane window, I could see Montana’s blue and white mountains beginning to form below the wisps of crisp clouds. A sense of peace flooded my heart as I drew closer and closer to those mountains.
For the Doubting Adventurer
For as long as I can remember, I longed for a sense of spontaneity and adventure. I relished in far off stories of traveling friends. I longed for wide open roads, dirt paths, beaches and mountains. “So why not go?” they would ask me. “Why not just take off?” I’d roll my eyes. I hadContinue reading “For the Doubting Adventurer”
Surviving the Situation
Last week, someone asked me the following question: Have you ever been in a situation you didn’t want to be in, but dealt with it anyway? How did it turn out? Clad in a business suit and high heels, I sat in a corporate office, poised and confident. I had to smile as my mindContinue reading “Surviving the Situation”
Searching for Meaning this New Year
Each year, as the clock approaches midnight on December 31st, I delve through a quick mental scan of the past year. It’s what we all do, right? Even those of us who don’t make resolutions. Even those of us who do, but drop them a week or a month later. We still reflect. New YearsContinue reading “Searching for Meaning this New Year”
Mothers
Don’t forget the 17-year-old Hispanic girl who came to the coast having given birth to a daughter less than one month prior. She had come to the coast with her school class to participate in an outdoor education program for a week during which she would help mentor and teach hoards of obnoxious wild 6th-graders.Continue reading “Mothers”
