Gail Blanke's Blog (144)

Edit!

I don't think there's a more important skill to master in today's world than the ability to edit out the noise, the mayhem, the debilitating debris of daily life. You just can't listen to everything - or even attend to everything. It's simply too much. One way to "edit out" is by turning off the TV when there's a news piece that disturbs, disgusts or deeply saddens you. There are some words or images that I just don't want to wake up in the middle of the night thinking about. I'm sure you feel… Continue

Added by Gail Blanke on January 11, 2009 at 11:21am — No Comments

Making it Happen in 2009!

Okay, it's one thing to say, as we all have, "Thank goodness 2008 is over. Boy, I sure hope 2009 is better. I mean, it has to be, right?" And quite another thing to take the bull by the horns and make it - 2009 - everything we want it to be. Look, this isn't the kind of year we want to leave up for grabs, right? Not after what we've been through. And the good news is that, although bad stuff happens that is totally outside of our control, there's a lot of good stuff we can create if we actually… Continue

Added by Gail Blanke on January 5, 2009 at 1:13pm — No Comments

You're Not Alone!

Okay, so we're definitely going through some pretty tough, pretty scary times. But as the make-up artist at CBS 2 (who's wonderful, by the way) told me a week ago when I did my monthly "motivator" segment, "The good thing is, we're all in this together. This crisis, this recession touches everybody - not just you or me. And somehow we can all muddle through it together, right?"

Right. We're all in this together. In my last book, "Between Trapezes," I note that every trapeze artist… Continue

Added by Gail Blanke on December 15, 2008 at 3:12pm — No Comments

Wrapping Your Arms Around Life...

I was lucky enough to spend the last three days with my husband, Jim and our grown-up daughters, Kate and Abigail. We always have an incredible time together - we all love to cook - (and eat) and nothing makes me happier than the smell of garlic sauteeing, Billy Holiday singing in the backgroud and the sound of Kate's and Abigail's laughter. But Saturday night something especially wonderful happened. We were all at a party, busy chatting with old friends when suddenly, in the middle of a… Continue

Added by Gail Blanke on September 2, 2008 at 4:00pm — No Comments