It takes time to build trust. Days, weeks, years. Shared experiences together. And it can take just one experience to break it. But broken trust in a relationship can be a bit like your favorite bowl being broken. I’ve written about kintsugi before. When your favorite bowl is broken – the one you use to […]
It’s been 5 years since Bella left this world. Losing her…Made me understand loss. Prepared me for loss. Made me fear loss. Made me empathize with loss. Taught me meaning in loss. Bella Colella was a cat. Bella was also a friend, my very best friend. Bella was family. She is family. I can smile […]
My electrician once said (in Italian), we’ve got problems and we’ve got problems. Meaning, we have real problems and perceived, unimportant ones. It stuck with me. We often don’t realize at the time that the latter are unimportant until we’re faced with a real crisis. 2026 has been a difficult year on a personal level, […]
It’s not often in life we face a situation that leaves us questioning everything it is we thought we believed. Mostly, avoiding this is a blessing. Usually, being shaken to your core is not a good thing. But I, as a person filled with silver linings, look for the glimmers in encounters such as this. […]
In May 2016, I wrote my first blog post on lisapromise.com. It was announcing that I would begin pursuing consulting full-time on June 1st – 10 years ago today. The sub-header on my site over the last decade has been “the balance of life and work” – but truthfully, this site has been a lot […]
Do you ever think that things happen to you in life to teach you a lesson in empathy? You know the old saying, “until you’ve walked a mile in someone else’s shoes”. It’s hard to imagine what a person is going through if you haven’t too been through it. Sometimes, you might even judge that […]
Twice over the last decade I’ve written about the famed quote, “Accept the things you cannot change. Have the courage to change the things you can. And have the wisdom to know the difference.” Once in October 2018 and again in April 2024. I’m often intentionally vague in my posts. I write about things as […]
I recently said to a group of friends right before I moved, “home is where the heart is and my heart is here.” That was of course, before I moved, while I was still in the place I love with my animals. After returning to the place I called home for more than 9 years […]
“There are two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.” – Oscar Wilde We all have things we want it life – sometimes we get it, sometimes we wait. We lament not getting what we want. We think once we do it get it, that will […]
…comes from some other beginning’s end. Semisonic said it best in 1998. New beginnings are exciting. I like change. In fact, I thrive on it. New beginnings are also a little scary. It means that something else has ended. That part can be a little bit sad. Even if it’s a temporary end – a […]