by Meredith Walters | Mar 3, 2021 | Nature Connection, Uncategorized
I don’t normally struggle with writer’s block, but a few weeks ago, my efforts to edit my novel hit a can’t-see-the-end-of-it, can’t-see-the-top-of-it stone wall. Words got harder and harder to find, like a river that shrank to a stream that shrank to a trickle,...
by Meredith Walters | Jan 27, 2020 | Blog, Career Change, Exercises, Nature Connection, Purpose, Uncategorized
I was walking through the winter woods in Colorado last year when I realized that every creature in the forest plays an important role. Plants take up nutrients from sunlight and soil and transform them into flowers, seeds, and leaves that nourish insects and birds....
by Meredith Walters | Nov 1, 2016 | Blog, Exercises, Featured, Uncategorized
We all have them: powerful capabilities bestowed by some freak accident that give us the power to vanquish evil and save the world. Okay, or—perhaps more likely for most of us—they’re incredible talents that we were born with under more normal circumstances, and that...
by Meredith Walters | Sep 6, 2016 | Blog, Common Challenges, Uncategorized
I’ve long had a sense that I might be a little weird. When I was 12, I began to feel compelled to do rituals like walking around any square table I passed over and over or checking under the toilet seat repeatedly before sitting down. Sometimes I felt the need to try...
by Meredith Walters | Mar 29, 2016 | Blog, Common Challenges, Uncategorized
I recently realized that I’ve been missing something my entire life. It’s stopped me from doing the things I dreamed of. It’s made me feel a lot less capable than I really am. And I see now how it’s gotten in the way of achieving the things I most wanted for my entire...
by Meredith Walters | Mar 15, 2016 | Blog, Career Change, Purpose, Uncategorized
Being married to a Brazilian man, I have a lot of opportunities to see just how differently two people can understand the same word. One time, for example, the term “boob job” came up. My husband gave me a confused look and asked, “Is that when a woman works giving...