Earlier today, as I was passing Shya on the way up to our office loft, he surprised me and stopped my forward momentum. Taking my face in both hands, he kissed me sweetly on the lips and said, “Nothing is more important than this moment.”...
In the past it was rare for us wake in the morning before first light. Sure, it happened when on a fishing adventure or when getting ready to travel in order to catch a flight. But now it is a daily thing. Rare is it...
Baby is not naturally a lap kitty – at least not yet. Primarily, she likes to sit at a distance. She enjoys being near, sometimes very near, but when it comes to sitting on our laps, not so much. We have come to respect her...
Our kitten was born spring loaded to fight her adversaries – even when there aren’t any. She is masterful at pouncing, rolling, tumbling most anything that has the potential to move, even her own tail. We know better than to try and cuddle when that...
An excerpt from Working on Yourself Doesn't Work Note from Ariel and Shya: We originally wrote Greener Pastures in 2007 and we included it in Working on Yourself Doesn’t Work when McGraw-Hill republished it in 2009. As we move through the restrictions that the pandemic...
I didn’t realize how many toys I had left around for our kitten, Baby. Feathers were obvious, but who knew that a tube of lip gloss, a little white sport sock or a pipe cleaner would be so fascinating? The moment Baby attacked my sock,...
Before I knew it, I was rejected. Our kitten, Baby, turned her back on me and ran away. How dare she! It was shocking how the voice in my head offended and hurt itself by the actions of kitten. When she didn’t want to be petted, the...
Recently one of our clients commented that she loves how we use anecdotes of what is currently happening in our lives to support her. In early June, we adopted a beautiful little kitten whom we have named Baby. She’s a delight. Not only does Baby...
Have you ever realized that the choices you make every day – little ones – are more than simple threads that are woven together to make up the fabric of your life? These twistings and turnings of fate direct you onward to an ever-expanding destiny...
As Covid rages, protests mount, and the reality of racial inequality blooms into consciousness around the world, at home with my husband Shya, our lives have actually become simpler and quiet and sweet. Trees, bare branches clacking in the wind, budding, then turning a bright...