I look like a pretty nice, normal person don’t I? With that Mac I look competent. Some people have even confused me as someone who is technologically savvy because I have a website, a Mac and a camera.

When learning new technological skills – a new computer program or application or trying to navigate a new website or plug-in, then why do I get so irrationally frustrated?
My head starts to feel pressure, my neck gets stiff and tense, my arms and hands feel pulled like rubber-bands, my blood pressure goes up, I stop breathing and begin holding my breath.
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We went on a marriage retreat with a ropes course this weekend.

One of the challenges was to climb to the top of a telephone pole, stand on a platform at the top and then jump to a trapeze bar parallel to the pole, pretty far away. There’s a rope harness to keep you from falling to the ground.

I went first. I’m doing this. I can do anything. I am safe. I am brave. I’m going to jump. I’m doing this. I carried on an internal dialogue all the way up.

I wasn’t nervous till I got to the very top …read more

My husband and I went on a marriage retreat this weekend. We had participated in a marriage education program in our area called Vow.

The most fascinating exercise, for me, was the human knot. We got in a circle, grabbed two strangers’ hands across from us, and had to unknot ourselves without letting go of either hand.

Here’s how it plays out:

I hold back and assess the situation waiting for someone to step up as a leader. Maybe there’s an engineer in the crowd or someone who works complicated brain puzzles in their spare time.

No one steps up and I ask a …read more