“If we wait until we’re ready, we’ll be waiting for the rest of our lives.” – Unknown How many times have the following words come flying out of your mouth…? “When I have more time I will…” “I’ll be ready when …” “I can’t take time for my dream (or...
Author Archives: Dana Hilmer
I Am Woman
I remember like it was yesterday… Singing, with my 6th grade bestie, at the top of our lungs (with microphone pool stick in hand) … Helen Reddy’s “I AM WOMAN, HEAR ME ROAR, … “ I loved that song – Such strong, optimistic, empowering words. Words that became a call-to-action for our generation...
Loving What Is
It’s that time of year when we’re celebrating LOVE… While we’re busy celebrating the love we have for the people in our lives and (hopefully) the love we have for ourselves, there is a 3rd type of love that is often forgotten… LOVING WHAT IS. We’re often so busy doing,...
I Suck (and joyfully so)
It’s been a long time since I sucked at something. I’m not saying this to brag because the truth is, it’s been ages since I tried something totally and uncomfortably new… just for fun. And this something is art because I’ve considered myself to be “not artistic” since the tree...
I want to feel fully ALIVE
I recently turned 59 and with each passing year I’m acutely aware of how lucky I am to be alive and how precious the remaining days are that we have left on earth. While we don’t get to decide how many days we have left, we do get to choose...
Busy, Busy
We are all so damn busy. How many times have you been walking through town and seen someone you haven’t seen in a while and the exchange goes something like… “How are you?” “Busy, Busy…” “How are you?” No real conversation. No real connection. And the day moves on, one...
The Stuff of Life
As I sit down to write this my heart is heavy AND full. Heavy because of the pain so many are experiencing in the world right now. So much suffering, divisiveness, loneliness… and my dear sweet dad is in his final days. And full… because life is so damn beautiful. It’s...
Don’t Should All Over Your Holidays!
Ironically, as I sit down to write this Natalie Merchant’s Kind and Generous is playing in the background and her refrain ” I want to thank you, thank you. Thank you, thank you. Thank you, thank you…” is playing over-and-over again. This of course is the spirit of the holidays....
Conjoined Twins No More
Wendy and I have been conjoined twins for four years now. What ???? That’s right. Thanks to the magic of Photoshop, in almost every promotional picture we’ve put out in the world we’ve been digitally conjoined to (kind of) appear like a picture was taken of the two of us...
Dump the Guilt
PRIORITIZING YOUR HAPPINESS AND WELLBEING IS NOT SELFISH. In fact, it’s one of the biggest gifts you can give to those you love.