1. My mental health and stability

2. The privilege of listening

3. Invitations- even when you decline, so nice to be invited

4. Taking yourself by surprise by knowing what you’re doing!

5. Inhaling a scent that makes you reflexively break out into smile

6. Seeing what makes a person tick and appreciating the uniqueness of them

7. Nurturing houseplants

8. Feeling as though you’ve accomplished a lot, then realizing it’s only mid-day

9. Mail carriers (especially ours! Thanks, Dave!)

10. A clean home.

1. Snow-dusted tops of the Sierras- majestic backdrop of a drive to here and there

2. Ability to read, to write, to think, to walk

3. Ideas- tumbling around, tumbling together, tumbling out

4. The way very small and simple self-care rituals transform everything

5. Someone who gently presses a palm to your heart when you’ve woken in a curious funk, and calmly whispers, “Wait. Start over. Breathe. Fill up with good before you go.”

6. Hot air balloons over undulating mist-seas and sunflowers arching and reaching

7. Power of articulation

8. Depth of vagueness

9. Unrivaled freshness of a river- babbling and singing and calling from uncanny distances

10. Feeling that stuff stir inside you again, unseen and abstract, yet somehow pourable, splashable, golden and glowing, danceable, alive…  You know the stuff.

1. The super heroes we encounter each day

2. We all have a “special power”

3. Courage to use our unique skills

4.  Choosing to be a force for good

5. The humility to ask for help (Hey, we all have our Kryptonite, but accepting help will always save your butt if you’re willing to ask!)

6. Challenging limits, pushing bounds

7. Looking beyond and behind someone’s villainous behavior

8. The presence and insight to drop the adjective from “bad guys” and “good guys” to recognize that in the end, we’re all just “guys”

9. Shifting from power struggle to empowerment

10. Saving the day! -from mindlessness, distraction, illusion…  Be your own hero.  Be someone else’s hero by showing a simple kindness.  We’re all heroes!

1. Go-to recipes that you know will be good (no gambling involved)

2. Finding something that was lost

3. Silk pajamas

4. Plants tucked everywhere

5. The way each of us is always in flux, a constant discovery to be made

6. Luxurious mounds of bubble-bath bubbles

7. Means to buy groceries

8. Candle glow

9. Having your hair brushed

10. Quiet smiles

1. Picnics by the sea

2. Getting to use the special “members only” entrance

3. Green light after green light

4. Excellent speakers (the human kind)

5. Sea nettle jellies

6. Safe drivers

7. Charming and convenient walking/biking trails

8. Sunglasses

9. Outrageously generous gifts

10. Finding creative ways to say ‘thank you’

1. Friends who listen, even when you get long-winded :)

2. Making it out the other side of an argument

3. Recognizing Beatriz and working with her

4.  Really good Tom Kha Kai soup

5. Hugs

6. King sized beds

7. Choosing a better alternative for yourself instead of bellyaching about what someone else is choosing

8. Genuine apologies (receiving and offering)

9. Learning the value of being informed

10. Feeling empowered in an entirely new way and in an entirely new context

1. My mom

2. My dad

3. David

4. Messages of love pouring in from all sides

5. Feeling truly special

6. Recognizing good advice as such

7. Deeply thoughtful gestures

8. Choosing a “word of the year” that resonates perfectly

9. Matcha rituals

10. Ability and privilege to experience profound gratitude for life-  Thank you.

1. A dear friend who especially loves Martin Luther King, Jr.

2. Those people that echo in your heart even during the in-between years when you aren’t talking to each other

3. Memories of walking and jogging and skipping arm-in-arm through nature smoke and spider webs and manzanita trees, singing and crying and laughing together

4. Doing your best to gobble like a turkey

5. Weekly journaling workshops with ‘boohoo’s and ‘woohoo’s and ‘aha’s all enclosed in a yurt

6. Bartering for bodywork, experiencing a new modality for the first time

7. Voicework, breathwork, soulwork, heartwork, energywork, letting it work

8. Admitting when you’ve behaved selfishly

9. Understanding in a new way

10. Realizing the reasons

1. When scheduling an appointment was easier than you thought it would be

2. Sporting a new top that makes you look sharp and attractive

3. Sticking to your plan

4. Grasping a new concept

5. Tiny action steps

6. Comfortable office chairs

7. Discussions that help you reason something out

8. Trying new things

9. Animated lecturers

10. Enjoying a good “brain candy” book

1. Cooking as a team on designated “cooking day” so that you will both have healthy homemade meals throughout the busy week to come

2. Up-to-date information

3. Comfort and satisfaction of returning to a routine after you’ve been away

4. Freshening up your refrigerator decorations (wow! when did we collect all this?!)

5. Tracking progress in a visual way and sharing it with someone else for accountability

6. Orange, grapefruit, and pomegranate salad- That’s it, just those 3 ingredients! My new favorite side/snack/dessert :)

7. Taking a short but brisk walk to get heart pumping and blood moving

8. Choosing trust

9. Custom made (by you) prayer beads

10. Singing along