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

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

I can't say for sure what happens between these sunrises and sunsets lately. I feel so alive in their presence and so lost everywhere els...

I want to recommit myself. To a kind of purpose. A passion. A plan. I want to run, not ramble. Then I want to sit very, very still. I wan...

A clearing at the very end of the day. The same way, sometimes, after a long cry, there's a moment of stillness. A feeling like something...

These rainy days are ok too. Diffused light. The gentleness of the sun obscured. Less direct. Like a half smile. Once we stayed on the to...