Empty Space Blog

Reframe ‘Big Ideas’; Do ‘Big Things’

Have you ever missed out on a good idea because you thought you lacked the time to follow through? Jon Jassy explains how to not only believe in your ideas but also to create time and space so that you can bring your ideas into fruition.

Battling Procrastination to Give You More Space

Do you want to organize your space, but feel intimidated by the task? Jodi Carter, a professional organizer from Vancouver, BC, offers advice on how to break down organizing into small tasks. Try these simple techniques and breathe easier in your newly organized space.

How to Pick a Career You Actually Like

If you hate your job, there's a good chance that industry forecasts and batteries of skill set testing got you here. Time to chuck them and follow your intuition. Yes, you read that correctly. Start with your heart first, and a to-do list later. Here's how.

Revolutionize Your Life, Change Your Schedule

How to use time blocking to streamline your life and increase your productivity so that you can snowboard and paint instead of staying cooped up in your office.

Finding and Keeping a Job, Grocery-Store Style

The three month tour of duty working in a grocery store proved to be the summer of hell. It also taught me invaluable lessons about how to work (hard), and how to treat people (nice but not too nice). I also learned how to properly handle melons and Metamucil.

You Know What’s Best for You

Setting boundaries and starting to follow your heart is pretty tough. It's even tougher when all the people in our life start to push back. Here are some tips on how to stay strong as we advocate for ourselves.

How to Change Your Life in 2009….For Real

It’s a new year, and you might be thinking about some changes you would like to make. But if you’re like most of us, you tend to get pretty excited about those changes for a little while, but find it challenging to make them stick. I know plenty of folks who [...]

Why Now Is Actually a Time of Opportunity

Many people aren't sticking their heads in the sand during this rotten economic time. They're reinventing themselves. It's a great time to assess where you may have gotten off track, and decide where you want to go.

The “Does It Love Me?” Diet

When I was recently visiting my in-laws in New York City for the holidays, we attended a dinner with two other couples. I ate a lot, starting with the cheese biscuits that were placed on the table at the beginning of the meal (they remind me a lot of the sort of thing that [...]

Why Now is the Time to Start a Meditation Practice

Years ago when I was a yoga teacher, I was facilitating a class in meditation and was looking around to see how people were doing. One person in the class looked completely freaked out, distracted, and utterly puckered up. Tight. Resisting with every fiber of her being. I walked over to [...]

Free meditation download

We can’t choose or control what happens in the economy, but we can make choices about how we choose to react to it.  We can decide whether we become paralyzed with fear, or choose instead to stay calm, clear and connected to our long term vision. I taught yoga and meditation for many years, and often [...]

How to Blossom When Everyone Else Is Freaking Out

Most places I go, people are talking about the economy, and they’re freaking out.  They’re speculating on what will happen and how it will affect their lives.  It can all feel pretty scary, and the fear feels contagious.   Here are some tips to help you stay calm: What’s Worked for You in the Past?  Think [...]

Identity

One of the most thought-provoking-and jarring-aspects of learning to be a therapist was that I had to figure out who I was without all my old stories to identify me. Think about it: we reveal ourselves in conversation with strangers by slowly unpacking our stories. We use these stories to create the [...]

Happy Accidents (not of the procreating variety)

I took a printmaking class a few years ago, and I had a fabulous teacher. The class only lasted for three months, but this teacher (and this class) managed to change my thinking in many ways. Every time I bend over to wipe something that has fallen on the floor, I think of [...]

The Four Agreements

  I read these if I’m having a difficult day or dealing with a difficult person (not that that ever happens, ha). I particularly love the second agreement. What are your thoughts? The Four Agreements (from the book by the same name by Don Miguel Ruiz)  1)  Be Impeccable With Your Word Speak with integrity. Say only what you [...]

The Dreaded Facebook

I did it-I joined facebook. Technically I joined facebook years ago as Lenora Lapore. Lenora liked to log on and look up other people without being contacted by them. I, on the other hand, like to protect my quiet and privacy. However, since I couldn’t really see many pages, I caved [...]

Mating in Captivity, pt. 1

I’m reading the fabulous book “Mating In Captivity:  Unlocking Erotic Intelligence” by Esther Perel, who is a couples therapist in NYC.  I like this book because I love her approach.  This is a not a how-to guide for successful relationships (at least, it’s not yet-I’m only three chapters in).  It’s about how we have two [...]

Why would you call a blog “Empty Space?”

Welcome to my blog, empty space.  It seems like a strange title for something that will be…you know…full.  But I’ve been preoccupied for quite some time with this concept.  See I have this idea that nearly everything that we do in excess in our society-eating, drinking, watching t.v., shopping-is about getting way from the empty [...]