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Hola, friends! I’m writing this from Tamarindo, Costa Rica, where we are planning a massive fiesta to celebrate the publication of El Plan de la Alegria. It’s been just over one year since The Joy Plan was published and the response has truly been beyond my wildest dreams. I lost count after 1,000 letters from readers telling me how the book changed their lives and inspiring me with stories of their own joy plans.
Have you ever been in the butterflies-in-your-stomach early phase of a new, emerging love? If so, then you can relate to my dear friend, who asked me for advice this week. Continue reading The Difference Between Fear and Intuition
I don’t like to talk about myself. Just ask the journalists who’ve interviewed me recently and complained that I needed to stop asking them so many questions, so that they could ask me a few. Continue reading I Have To Tell You Something
When I started typing the title to this blog post, instead of writing “When in Doubt,” I wrote “When in Donut.” Typo? Coincidence? Insignificant? I think not. I think Carl Jung would have called it a “synchronicity.” Continue reading When In Doubt (Or In Donut—Whichever You Prefer)
Perhaps I am a slow learner. It took me nearly 40 years to figure out how to manage the connection between my thoughts and my experience of reality. When I discovered how to train myself away from being anxious and negative Continue reading Happily Never After
I admit, I like to have a plan. Knowing what’s going to happen next helps me feel like I’m in control of my life. Of course, this doesn’t always work out. Plans change, fall through, or simply aren’t possible much of the time—and that’s when anxiety can rock my world. Continue reading When Anxiety Strikes, Five Senses Provide Relief
I wasn’t planning to write a book. It was only meant to be a blog post. But it kept going and going and was simply too long. Thus, The Joy Plan was born. I didn’t know what to call it, so I asked my daughter Kira, who was 9 years old at the time, for her advice. Continue reading The Joy Plan: A Birth Story
I’d love to see you at The Joy Plan Talk and Book Signing, a free, family-friendly, community event at A Great Good Place for Books in Oakland, CA on Saturday, August 19, 7:00-8:15 pm. Deaf community welcome! Continue reading The Joy Plan Talk and Book Signing in Oakland, CA
Sourcebooks and Bookshop Santa Cruz present a JOYFUL community event celebrating the publication of The Joy Plan by local author, Mindfulness teacher, and blogger Kaia Roman. Continue reading The Joy Plan Book Release Party In Santa Cruz, CA!
As more and more people (beyond my parents and a few friends) are reading my book, The Joy Plan, one of my worries is that I don’t have enough problems. I mean, people will look at me and think that all of my problems are gone. And so what could I possibly know about how hard it is to find joy? Continue reading Do I Have Enough Problems?