What is the jeweled secret in plain sight that holds so much that you want? See if these pictures give you a hint. Saturday night dance party in my studio with wonderful kids Sunday morning Bob eating breakfast Monday me making art messes Any time you need a dog nose kiss (that’s what’s between [...]
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Check out this brilliant question a reader asked recently: “I stumbled upon your “shadow comforts” blog posts and could almost scream because this is ME! This is such a stupid question, but what do I do with all the free time? I know I use shadow comforts (eating, TV, mindless internet surfing, sugar, caffeine) but [...]
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Heather Plett is teacher, writer, and coach. She is also a wisdom-seeker, edge-walker, community-gatherer, and story-catcher. She is most happy when she can gather circles of women together to share stories, ask questions, and build community. Her current passion is her women’s personal leadership program called Lead with your Wild Heart. Heather is a treasure. [...]
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I have a renewed “room of my own” that I want to share with you. It includes a new adjustable desk base from ModTable with a top from Ikea and new art table from Ikea, too. I turned my old desk into a wide open space to write at, with Buddha looking out for me. [...]
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I am an ordinary human. I hereby wildly loudly celebrate being ordinary. Average. Making mistakes. Getting C’s. Here is why I am wildly celebrating being ordinary and average: because I see a world enthralled to best, a world that increasingly equates being extraordinary with the right to exist. If you can’t win the reality TV [...]
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T. Thorn Coyle is an internationally respected teacher and author of Make Magic of Your Life: Purpose, Passion, and the Power of Desire as well as Kissing the Limitless and other books. Often called a “Master Teacher” Thorn’s teaching and spiritual direction practices help people worldwide. She lives by the San Francisco Bay. I first [...]
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1 A line in an old journal I reread this morning made me think of the mothers in Argentine who gather in the Plaza de Mayo every Thursday afternoon. They have gathered there since 1977, wearing white head scarves embroidered with the names of their disappeared children, lost during the Dirty War. Then my thoughts [...]
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Renée Peterson Trudeau is a truly wonderful human being. Her work is a calming balm to mothers and families. She’s an internationally recognized life balance coach, speaker, and president of award-winning Career Strategists. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Good Housekeeping, Yogi Times and she leads life balance workshops and retreats for [...]
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