Hello my friend, Here we are poised on the threshold of one year ending and the next beginning. In a few days, a dark new moon will accompany the darkest longest night of the year. Collectively, we’re in a long dark exhale, leaving What Was. But before we inhale, before we step into What’s Next, […]
Hello dear one, A few nights ago I had a dream that was so symbolic you’re going to think I made it up. I didn’t, tho.
Hello dear friend, As a little update from my hometown that was devastated in Hurricane Helene, I am musing on when we and our lives get turned upside down, what helps.
Hello dear one, A few months ago, I was invited to the Initiations in Love podcast by Britta Eskey, its host and author of the beautiful new book by that same title. Our conversation topic: Dark Nights of the Soul. This episode just aired a few days ago — rather auspicious timing, as often happens
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Hi dear one, my friend Ready for part 2? {If you missed ‘em here are Habits for a luminous life, Part 1} I’m still musing on whether to call these habits … Maybe signposts. Those waymarkings that let you know which direction to point yourself to get where you want to go and experience what would be most
Hiya dear one, my friend, I’m not sure whether to call these habits. Maybe signposts — those waymarkings that let you know which direction to point yourself to get where you want to go and experience what would be most precious along the way. Maybe they are guardrails, that hug you to your unique path,
Something you may not know about me is that I organize, plan, and manage a majority of my life on sticky notes. Work tasks. Quotes for my book. Grocery lists. Reminders. Love notes that go inside lunch boxes. I should probably make up a word that describes the distinct pleasure of crumpling — in one
Dear one, This one is especially for you if you feel behind all the time. Struggle to keep up. Are always late. Late to the meeting, late to the party, late to bloom, late to this thing called life. And it’s especially for you if you exhale with sweetness when you can just go …
Beloved, Driven yet sensitive. Sensitive yet driven. Is this you? I think it might be. There are so many of us and we tend to search for and find each other. Life is particularly brutal and particularly beautiful if you came into this body and this life with a sensitive heart/mind/body/soul. Your aperture for taking
When I’m down, distracted, unclear, and unsure of what’s next. I ask myself, “What would Frida do?” If you don’t know her yet, Frida Kahlo is/was a fiercely creative, greatly influential Mexican painter and activist. I’m not sure how true it was to Frida’s actual lived experience, but the movie “Frida,” directed by Julie Taymor,
