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Why dreaming big almost cost me my self
I lived in LA in the 80’s when new age and spiritual ideas were flying thick and sparkling new. It was an exciting time. I went to seminars on abundance and wrote checks to myself for a million dollars. I visualized myself being radiantly healthy. I read books, lit...
Happy New Year & Little Pretty Gift for You + Good Wishes
Helllloooo 2015, Goodbyeeeee 2014. A wish from my heart to yours for a 2015 brimming with:: Creative joy, Compassionate grit, A tenacious, light-hearted focus on your deepest desires, Soul connections of the truest, richest kind, Health shining bright and light, And a...
A Peek Inside My Journal + How to Own Your Wins in 2014
Here’s an entry from A Year of Daily Joy (my new guided journal that comes out December 30th). I thought I’d share my response with you. It’s a peek into my journal (with minor edits for spelling and a few details for clarification). The prompt is Faith in Your Gifts....
Ta Da! Announcing My Newest Book + A Whole Year of Friendship Support
Hey dear reader friend of mine – I’ve got a new book coming out from National Geographic!!! It’s a 365-day Soul Check-in, Mood Lifter, and Joy Strengthener, and it's all rolled into one gorgeous, slim, easy-to-carry-around book. Come over here to...
Navigate Your Life: Jennie Shortridge
One of the ways I am actively exploring creating my truer life is regularly busting the story that I don't belong. Jennie helped me do this by inviting me to a Seattle 7 event a few months ago. To say I was thrilled like a little kid invited to a birthday party would...
Yes, I Am a Racist
I am a racist. I know this not only because of this test but because I am fortunate enough to have the skills and the education - both spiritual and political - to be aware that I am. I am fortunate to have the safety to open my heart to this truth, to be gently...
Favorite Books of 2014 – Gift Guide, Too!
I remember when my friend Mary owned her B&B in Inverness, California. I met her on my (first) honeymoon and we became friends after I read all her columns in Innkeeper Magazine while recouping from food poisoning. We had come to Mary’s inn because she called it...
Savoring & Serving in November
I am writing this on a small plane, flying back from Santa Barbara to my home. I spent last week visiting a former life peopled with current friends. Isn’t it funny how the longer you live, the more it feels like you've lived several lifetimes? I lived one of my...
Navigate Your Life: Tanya Geisler
Tanya has to be one of the most loved people on the planet. She's kind and loving and one of the smartest coaches I've ever worked with. She's a lovely writer and a wise teacher. In a word: she is love. I'm so happy to share this post with you. She's also a certified...
Connect to Create the World You Want
I am just back from a visit to Santa Barbara, where I lived for eight years, where my daughter was born, where I wrote three of my seven books. Where, in many vital ways, I grew up. I had not returned in seven years, for a whole slew of reasons, many having to do with...
Navigate Your Life: Rachel Egan
I will never forget the first time I met Rachel. It was at my first or second Taos writing retreat. She had enrolled the two days before! She sat in the opening circle with her arms over her chest, foot tap tap tapping. No smile. I inwardly sighed - I had to deal with...
Why You Creating Stuff Matters
Sometimes I wonder why I write this blog, why I lead writing retreats, why I’m spending time every day writing my new project. I regularly wonder, “Why are you doing this when the world is dying?!” (By dying I mean climate change.) “People are starving. Girls are...
Navigate Your Life: Anna Guest-Jelley
I first met Anna when she did a coaching session with me and I told her "You can have an empire, if you want." (She liked that.) Then Anna came to my Taos writing retreat two years ago. Over the week, I fell for her hard - she's wicked smart, deeply observant, totally...
The Power of Being Stubborn
Writing has been my professional path since 1985. That path is made up of a variety of forms: my first job was writing book reviews for a big Hollywood agency and then I went on to write a far number of unsold screenplays and one produced TV episode; a smattering of...
Savoring & Serving in October
Last night 500 kids (we had less this year) showed up at our house: a dozen varieties of various Disney princesses, a peck of pirates, a mob of zombies, a few headless football players, and one large box of popcorn. Our little neighborhood is one of the few on our...
Why ‘perfect life’ narratives can make you feel like poo
I found myself muttering at my i-Pad this weekend when one of those “perfect life” narratives popped into my Facebook feed. You know, the kind where somebody shows you their perfect life and then suggests that you too can have the same "pinch me" life if you just buy...
Your Pelvic Floor is Not Your Neck
I've been unwinding a complex body issue for the last six years. It's a weird, twisted pattern that involves my whole body, causes me a fair amount of pain, and often stops me from doing a lot of what I love to do. Honestly, it's been kinda of awful. Not cancer awful,...
Navigate Your Life: Christina Rasmussen
I love the work that Christina Rasmussen is doing to change the way we live after loss. I'm so curious about how we handle grief and so happy people like Christina are changing our stories and teaching us new skills. She's the founder of Second Firsts and the author...
High Beams, Heckling & No Tidy Takeaway
All my life I’ve been goofy, loud, and throwing myself into risky creative endeavors without a whole lot of planning. I'm like, “Let’s put on a show!” This has led to me writing a bunch of books and creating a ton of stuff – and it has led to a ton of embarrassing...
Savoring and Serving in September
It was a big month for me. Deep digging in and repeatedly letting go. Leaning into the discomfort of where I leave myself by being scattered and pushing to get things “done.” Being with my restlessness to create, to lead, to contribute more and my very human...
5 often overlooked ways to get unstuck
1. You forget you are an animal. We tend to think we are giant heads on sticks and that we can think our way into the future we desire. So not happening. For just one example, daily stress shuts down your will power and suddenly it’s just too scary to join the dating...
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