New heARTful Action Post at http://www.susanmcculley.com/heartful-blog/ !

“My wish for you is that you continue. Continue to be who and how you are, to astonish a mean world with your acts of kindness. ” — Maya Angelou

heARTful is a word I made up to mean awareness from and leading with the heart. heARTful Action posts focus on how to stand up and create a culture of health, inclusion and kindness. heARTful Action posts are calls to love warriors everywhere.Please note that heARTful Action is its own blog now, separate from Focus Pocus. Please find it here where you can sign up to receive posts directly. And if they are helpful to you, please do pass them on.

These are disorienting days we’re living in. It can be challenging to simply keep track of what’s happening in our communities, our country, in the world – let alone do any heARTful Action. I am swinging between despair/overwhelm and anger/fired up and it can be exhausting.

My wise husband, Frank who has renovated old houses for more than 20 years has a saying. When faced with an overwhelming and/or unappetizing task he always says, “Be an ant.” (Continue reading here.)