Hello, again hello

I’ve missed having a personal blog. I blog as part of my executive coaching practice, but focus on things like strategy and ROI. I love it, but sometimes I simply feel compelled to write about things like a good novel I’ve read or cashmere. I need a personal space in which to play.

After I hung up my hat at my mommy blog, MUBAR, I used to send out a newsletter called Bliss Notes. Since I stopped writing that, a couple of things have changed. I wrote much of Bliss Notes during my divorce. While it was helpful to focus on the lovely side of life in the midst of a whole lot of unloveliness, I feel that the writing served its purpose. That being said, I have had a number of people tell me how much they miss Bliss Notes so I may do something with that material one day. Bliss Notes, the movie. Um, perhaps not. (On a somewhat related note, recently my 7 year old daughter had a school assignment to create a poster for a fictitious movie called, The Perfect Apple. Sounds riveting, no? I believe it’s the sequel to Watching Paint Dry.)

The other change is that I have become much more interested in exploring my faith. I converted to Christianity as a teenager and although my faith ebbs and flows, I feel privileged to be able to follow the teachings of someone as accessible as Christ. I’m a universalist ,which means that although I believe that the best way for me to connect with God is through Christ, God is pure love and I don’t think he ever turns his back on any of us. I certainly don’t think for a minute that I have all the answers. Although I’d love to be what my godmother calls a “happy, clappy Christian” and continually turn cartwheels because of my faith, I’m an INTJ (I do Myers-Briggs analysis as part of my coaching practice) and it’s simply not in my nature. I think I’m more of an Anne Lamott kind of Christian. One of my favourite lines of hers is “the opposite of faith is not doubt, it’s certainty.” I believe that it is in wrestling with the tough issues that I find my faith. That being said, my faith has brought me comfort and joy through impossibly tough times that I’m simply not sure I’d have found anywhere else.

So, I’m trying to figure things out as, just as I did with parenting in those early days, and I find that writing things out brings me clarity. Thanks for indulging me.

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