Sometimes things are just hard. Uncertainty can be hard, I wrote about that last time. But sometimes certainty can, too. Like when my client, I’ll call her Kayla, learned that her 5 year-old daughter will be in
It’s winter in the northern hemisphere, a time of short days and long nights. If we didn’t live in an artificially lit world, we would be turning inward, inclined to slow down and reflect, quietly sipping something warm before a
A few years ago, I offered to coach people to find ways to have more conscious, meaningful holidays. Through that experience I got to see, close up and in a multiplicity of ways how, even with the best intentions, those
Hello, lovely, how are you feeling today? With all the swirling energy after the US elections, I have been finding shelter and strength in the embrace of community, and I want to extend my own warmth to you, directly, today,
I keep telling myself this story about how I am a person that appreciates quiet, stillness, introspection. I love the feeling of awe that comes over me when I really see something that has been there all along (my neighbor’s
Summer, what is it like for you? Reading over last year’s blog, I realize I’m in the same place I was then, plugging energy drains, struggling to hold boundaries, wishing to be outdoors when there’s work inside and feeling hot when
Is something coming up again and again, plaguing you because you can’t seem to get a real handle on it? Or is it something that simply doesn’t give way to anything you try to do to change it? In other
Do you live an inner-directed life? What does that mean to you? (I really want to know!) Living a Soul-directed life requires attentiveness, even vigilance, and a willingness to see what is present, to follow where we are led. Because
It’s summer. Even though the weather doesn’t quite reflect it, here I am, with the kids out of school, our schedules like a patchwork quilt. My focus has been all over the place, on the family, on wanting to be
“How do I know what I am here for?” “How do I discover my dreams?” “How do I find my purpose?” I regularly get some version of these questions. Sometimes I ask them, myself. Do you? I recognize the yearning,