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Covid Confessions: Just One Thing

 

Just One Thing I Want You to Know

The past few months have brought a lot of change and much reflecting for all of us. Below is a link to some of my personal reflecting in the form of a new video series– beginning with a few COVID CONFESSIONS!

These are thoughts, feelings and inside glimpses to my emotional shifts– both personal and professional– during this global pandemic- often reflected in the concerns of my clients as well.

And take note: This message is speaking DIRECTLY to each of you.

LINK TO THE VIDEO: http://bit.ly/BrynJustOneThing

Thinking of you!

Bryn💗

 

Mother’s Day Tribute

These two women.
The guideposts of my life.

  • Their voices are the voices I often hear in my head when it’s time to make a decision.
  • Their laughter and zest for life still makes me smile.
  • Their tenacity inspires.
  • Their opinionated comments still make simultaneously cringe, roll my eyes and snicker
  • They both lived their lives outside the conformity of what “people” told them to do or be.
  • Their imperfections remind me that it is okay- in fact, amazing- to embrace what isn’t working and find a solution.
  • These two women accomplished so much against all odds.
  • And most importantly, they both loved FIERCELY!

My Gram has been gone from this physical world for far too long.

However, I am blessed that her daughter, my mother, continues in Gram’s footsteps as the remarkable family matriarch!

First Snow of the Season – Welcome Friends

Whenever someone asks, “What’s your favorite holiday, Bryn?”–
My answer is always “THE FIRST DAY OF SNOW!”

Here in NYC, the snow began this morning.
Although it is the first day back to work from a long weekend, it feels like a holiday in my business!

Snow. Magical. Pure. Full of hope. Lights twinkling off the drifts.  

Pure joy to me.

Could this madness be based on the fact that I was born in a rural area outside of Rochester NY in January? I’ll never know. What I do know is that I am already the girl dancing on the sidewalks of NYC catching snowflakes and laughing.

I’ve always had a nose for snow… a little snow radar detector.
Just like one of my favorite television characters ever- Lorelai Gilmore (who also happens to love coffee as much as I do!  Bryn trivia: Lorelai is always my answer to “which tv character are you most like?) 

This morning I woke up smelling snow and I am never wrong!

Click Above: To see exactly what I am referring to…

❄️ WELCOME FRIENDS ❄️

Happy Birthday, Jim! My Inspiration.

On November 10, 1969, at almost 3 years old, my mom sat me in front of television history.

It was the first airing of Sesame Street and my entire life changed. I know that might sound terribly dramatic, but it is absolutely true.

In that moment, I believe that I began to understand creativity in a way that would never be paralleled for me again in my lifetime. Jim Henson and his brilliant mind unleashed something in MY mind, my soul and my heart that I have been abiding by for the last 50 years.

My love and connection with Jim Henson and his creations is rich and deep.  Suffice it to say that it is a profound connection that really goes so far beyond words. It is about communicating using creativity, humor, compassion, hope and tolerance to bring people together.  To build community. His creations help me to see the world for what it is- magical, fun and filled with opportunities to love.

I remember exactly where I was on May 16, 1990 when it was announced Jim Henson had died at 50 years old.  I wept uncontrollably in a bar in the West Village of NYC. A part of me died that day.

On September 24, 2011, on what would have been his 75th birthday, I was part of a celebration of Jim at the Museum of Moving Image in NYC at an exhibit that has since become a permanent fixture here in NYC.  Surrounded by so many other Henson lovers enjoying the special programming and signing the “memory book” that will go in the archives of the Jim Henson Legacy organization.

Today, in honor of what would have been his 83rd birthday, I want to leave you with my favorite Jim Henson quote.  

It sums up my outlook on life.

I believe that we form our own lives, that we create our own reality, and that everything works out for the best.

I know I drive some people crazy with what seems to be ridiculous optimism, but it has always worked out for me.

~ Jim

Forward is Forward

“Slow and steady wins the race.” This has always been one of my favorite quotes.

However, “YOUR SPEED DOESN’T MATTER, FORWARD IS FORWARD” is definitely more reflective of me. 🐢

At various workshops and retreats geared toward entrepreneurs, I have been asked, “Are you a sprinter or a marathoner?”

I REALLY DISLIKE this question. 🐢

I am neither. I am both. 🐢

I am the procrastinator who magically transforms procrastination in a veiled “project plan”- writing it out and setting the direction and timing which REALLY becomes me changing the deadlines and sabotaging myself— but to others this looks like a wonderful marathoner steadily moving along the race. 🐢

The reality- while the race is going on, I am drinking coffee, chatting and texting with people all while binge-watching television at a darling cafe along the race route. 🐢

At some point- probably when the crowds start to thin and the cheers start to fade, I realize that I committed to this race and people are expecting me at the finish line. Waiting with their handmade signs and lovingly cheering me (or tapping their watch wondering where the he** I am). So, I gulp down the last of my americano, tip the waitstaff who are now my bffs and jump back in the race. 🐢

And NOW, I’ve got to sprint. Seriously haul a**. Foregoing sleep and other pleasurable experiences in an effort to get to the finish line. 🐢

Ooooh, I’ll let you in on a little secret. While sprinting (or maintaining a highly erratic and caffeinated jog), I click into a competitive mode where I now want to be one of the best. Not necessarily THE best. I understand that particular honor is reserved for the masterful sprinter or the marathoner who truly has been chugging along in the race. But I want to be ONE of the best. And that competitive drive then kicks me into super-high gear. 🐢

At this stage of the story, you are either thinking I am a total nut job or your new super hero. Either way, I trust that you realize that this is the “Brain of Bryn” at work. 🐢 FORWARD IS FORWARD.

My way. Imperfectly. A little wacky. A lot chaotic. But also filled with delightful coffee, cafés and conversations.

Can you relate?