Jill's Monthly Updates

You may or may not know this about me, but (and stay with me here) the foundation of my passion, work and life is inspired by a gang of sea turtles.  I know, I really just said that - I pattern my...

If you have been anywhere near me in the last couple of weeks, you have heard me talk/freak out/obsess over my latest read.    My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey by Dr. Jill...

I write to you from the magic of Bainbridge Island.  It’s early still and the scent of the salt air envelops me - so very different from the dry pine scents of my home.  I hear coos of what sound...

For the past 5 weeks, my husband and I have been in the throes of a renovation project. We purchased a sweet little house that we plan to turn into a rental and we are trying to hustle our little...

Summer always makes me feel nostalgic.  I think it’s the season where we get to be most child-like and playful.  I tend to recall memories that have been lost in the vault of age but I find myself...

Have you ever heard yourself say something along the lines of . . .  “If only I had this job, I would feel successful” “If only I had this much money, then I would be happy” “If only I had this...

It’s been two weeks today since I bid farewell to the 10 stunning women I was so privileged to gather with at my annual Desert Women’s Retreat. I had planned to reflect and then publish my insights,...

I love to write early in the morning when my mind is quiet and my thoughts, words and intentions surface.  It is spring here in Central Oregon which means it will be 70 degrees one day and then...

Patience is not my strength.  It never has been.  I recall stories of me talking as a little girl where I would literally skip words so I could get to the point of my statement. And I know there...

Today is my birthday.  As of 7:35 this morning, I turned 53 and lest I forget, my mother calls me every year at this very time to relay the details of my birth.  “Do you know where I was 53 years...