Analysis Paralysis is a common cause of being stuck and it can be down right sneaky. Analysis paralysis can trick us — we’re busy, busy, busy….yet we’re just spinning our wheels!

You’re stuck. Something’s amiss in your life but you’re not even sure what. The routine you’ve fallen into now feels dull and worn out. Hmmm….but your inner voice is telling you there is something else out there for you. Bad news, you have absolutely NO idea of what that “something else” is.

Summer is an adventure in fullness, ripeness, bounty, and can symbolize our dreams having matured and being realized. Wonderful opportunities can flourish under the bright sunshine if we are open to them. Greeting this new season with an open heart and holding intentions can make a difference.

I was on vacation in Santa Fe when it occurred to me how many “R” words there are that women struggle with. Men (of course) have these words too…but they don’t struggle with them the way women do.

I invited an interior designer to my home on Monday to consult with me about giving my kitchen a facelift. I had worked with Sue to help me pick out paint colors for all the rooms in my home when I went on a mad painting spree four years ago.

Change can be freeing and open up new avenues in our lives. Yet FEAR also comes up when change presents new and unexplored territory.

Thinking about this made me think of the old joke: Question: What’s the definition of a minor operation? Answer: Someone else’s?

Seems like resilience it’s the theme in my life lately. I “stumbled” upon (although, I don’t believe there are any real coincidences) to a wonderful seminar Developing Resilience in Times of Change by Joan Borysenko.

I took away these nuggets about resilience:

It’s Spring and we’ve received a special gift of 60 degree temperatures here in southern Rhode Island! As I did errands in town I noticed the daffodil shoots bursting through the ground, the pansies poking their heads up, and buds on the trees along Main Street.

It is amazing how the simple pleasures of sunshine, warm temperatures, and seeing the tangible signs of Spring lift my spirits and make me feel that “anything is possible.”

I was reading an article over the weekend about the economic changes in the job market and how women in particular deal with work changes.

My biggest take-away was that resilience is the #1 most valuable asset that women have.

OK I’ll admit it — I became a Winter Oympics junkie, sitting in my living room totally into watching the amazing feats of these athletes. One athlete in particular captured my imagination, Lindsey Vonn the women’s downhill skier.

As I listened to her story and watched her compete, I couldn’t help but get a few life lessons from Lindsey and her gold medal victory.