Work Life Balance for Charlottesville Women
I have a confession. When I first heard that we were going to do a show with a pilgrim, I flashed back to my New England childhood. I saw paper turkeys made by outlining your hand, and pumpkins and Indians and men and women dressed in black with tall hats and…well, you know the story. But that’s not the kind of pilgrim we were talking about. According to our good friends at Wikipedia, … [Read more...]
On the website for presentation zen, (which is a really cool site if you ever have to put together Powerpoint™ presentations) Ken Burns, the legendary documentarian, says that the best stories are about “one plus one equals three”. Or another way to think about it is that a really good story is more than just about the parts of the story. It may be about the mystery, or something that … [Read more...]
As those of you who follow the show know, I lead a pretty busy life. Between family and work and Real Life and my spiritual practice and working out and running and volunteer work and…well, you get the idea. As a result, I don’t often have time to just surf the web. Not that I object to it. Sometimes you find really, unexpected and wonderful things. Like a Stradivarius stuck in an old … [Read more...]
On my show I'm often working to get at that deeper way of seeing the world, of experiencing ourselves and of relating with one another. Whether it's through a breathing exercise or visualization, or speaking with an amazing guest, that conversational pivot is often present in the work I'm trying to do here. This Saturday we have another exciting opportunity to delve into this territory when … [Read more...]
I'm not likely to go bungee jumping any time soon (though never say never). But I have heard that the thrill is like none other. I'd prefer something that felt pretty "out there" (climbing the glorious Himalayas on a well worn trail with an experienced Sherpa and a good mule, perhaps) but without quite the ever-present skull-bashing potential of the bungee jump. But what the two have in … [Read more...]
I'm sometimes not entirely sure if living in the information age is the best of all possible worlds. Obviously on one hand it's great — we have access to so much information in an instant that we can literally learn almost anything we want, whenever and wherever we want. That is a truly expansive opportunity. On the other hand, it also means that information is coming at us at an … [Read more...]
Click the link above to Listen Live on Saturday mornings from 8:00-9:00 EST as we stream Real Life with Jennifer Till from Charlottesville, Va. … [Read More...]