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The Secret to Being Ok

This weekend I went looking for something and fell down the rabbit hole of reading my own, years old, writing. This is something I rarely...

How Paying My Taxes Became a Practice of Self Love

Hello friends, I had a glamorous weekend sitting in front of a spreadsheet working on my taxes - which is second only to sitting in the m...

Healing Loneliness by Redefining It.

Hello friends, I was thinking of Valentine's Days past this morning. And how, at the height of feeling trapped in a toxic relationship an...

The Beauty of Being Your Own Teacher

Hello there friends, I caught the second half of an interview with Cheryl Strayed today by chance. She said something that really struck ...

What is the Key to a Meaningful Life?

This weekend, after finishing a book I’ve been reading, I slipped it into place on the shelf in my office and found myself lingering ther...

A Day Is a Collection of Moments

For two days in a row this week, the sun was out gloriously in the morning and I announced: “It’s a beautiful day!” Then by late morning ...

Tips on Enduring the Unfolding Without Losing Your Mind

photo by: @zebrakadebra Unresolved situations are hard for us to endure as human beings. We crave certainty and closure. We don’t like to...

You Know What To Do, You're Just Afraid

Hello friends, Hope this finds all of you well. I'm moving my format from weekly newsletters to weekly blog articles in an effort to cons...

Ignorance is the Gateway to Enlightenment

Enlightenment is a reckoning. It isn’t really as romantic as it’s been commonly depicted: a quiet, contemplative leaning against a Bodhi ...

Ego vs Soul

One of the most profound realizations for me as a spiritual life coach has been how often the understanding of the Ego and the Soul get l...

Looking For a Way Out of the Rabbit Hole? Surrender.

Last week I did something I don’t normally let myself do. I watched the news at bedtime. I’m very disciplined about how/when/where I take...

The Real Reason Your Writing is Blocked and How To Clear It.

There is a difference between planning to write the book and actually writing the book. I was wading through some notes this morning, thi...

This Ain't Gonna Be No Workshop

At a certain point my marriage had stopped being a partnership and had become a place where I was hiding out, avoiding my life. I knew my...

SURRENDER THE QUESTION

Not only can we not, as Einstein once said, fix a problem at the same level of consciousness which created it, there are some problems we...

TRUST YOUR GRIEF

The hardest part of my work is also the most meaningful to me: sitting with another person in their grief. Sometimes the balm of witnessi...

WHAT IS YOUR JEALOUSY TRYING TO TELL YOU?

Here’s a little secret about jealousy. Depending on how we choose to handle her, she’s not some ugly dragon to slay or hide in shame. She...

HOW TO HEAL FOR REAL AFTER A BREAK UP

When we fall in love with a person we don’t just fall in love with them, we fall in love with how they make us feel. We fall in love with...

On Gratitude...

On Kindness...

I reached for amethyst this morning. Took it from my altar where it calls to me from across the room, like the starlings at opposite corn...

An offering at the edge of the sea...

Made an offering at the edge of the sea before leaving. With the intention of honoring my time with her. With the intention of leaving a ...

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