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The Beauty of Losing
I have lost and it's a beautiful thing. Lost what? You will, of course, ask. Lost the need to know. All my life I have been a spiritual seeker. My spiritual autobiography highlights include: Methodist Sunday school, Baptist church (at 12, on my own, without my...
On Being Lonely
Lonely. It's a forlorn word. It's not the same as being alone - which is often so delicious - and it doesn't just happen when you are alone - you can be lonely, as it is said, in a crowd. In a city. At a party. Lonely. It comes up often in my conversations with...
There was a time
There was a time when making lists of my intentions, of what I wanted to create, accomplish, feel, was the right thing for me to do. I would proclaim - in positive language but of course - all that I wanted to create, experience and feel. Craft my intentions. Choose...
I am Sorry
I have not cried since I learned about the massacre in Newton. Teared up, yes, nodded my head in sadness when others cried, of course. But no tears, no weeping, no throwing myself on the floor and screaming myself hoarse like a dear friend did. I have not cried...
Happy Birthday For You
Today I turn 50. The best way I know to celebrate this turn on my life's odometer is to give you gifts because that makes me happy -- that + yoga + meditation, then some novel writing, reading, a nap, finished with gluten-free pizza and champagne with my family. Woo...
Falling into Flow: Writing Retreat Day 6
Falling into flow: letting go of the guard rails of to-dos. Sweet feeling of homecoming, creative return. Then flash of fear out of the tail of my heart's eye: Who am I without lists projects cool girl requests? hot irons steaming in the fire? Chuckle; return to...
Get a Resilient Mind Free + a Wild Rumpus
Hey chic peas that I love, guess what? I am turning 50 on November 30th. Fifty-years-old. Wow-za. Big things are moving inside me. And I want to tell you about them in the coming days, and what turning 50 means to me, and stuff like that but today I only want to say...
Savor & Serve October Love Lights for You
Are you weary of disasters? Exhausted by tragedy? Worn about by the scope of world wide suffering? If so, you are not alone. As the planet changes with global warming and we deal with living in a hyper-connected world, compassion fatigue is a big issue for all of us...
15 Radical Ways to Get Unstuck
15 radical ways to get unstuck from whatever feels sticky. Some contradict. But of course. 1:: Decide that whatever is stuck will never change. It is here and not going anywhere. Surrender to it. Court it - how can you fall in love with it? How can you open to it as...
Now is the Time. Better than Any Other. Ever.
Now is the time. Better than any other. Ever. Can you feel the thrum of it, the unseen current, the insistent love of it? Now is the time to act on what beckons, what eats at you, what you have turned your back on 10,000 times. Oh yes, oh yes! You say! You gloriously,...
A Woman of Wholeness
Somewhere there is a room made of bee's wax and heart honey and the sound that is left after the meditation gong has gone still In it sits the woman you actually are a woman restored a woman of wholeness a woman enough a woman who chooses and embraces the consequences...
How A Soul Posse Changed My Life
I feel that stuck-in-my-throat this-is-so-important I want-everybody-to-have-it energy about my mini-course on creating your own "soul posse" mastermind group. Why is it so important to me you pay attention to this course? It's certainly not because being in groups...
Dismantle the Walls of Your Isolation
Dismantle the walls of your isolation Let yourself be seen. What is possible when support flows in? Will you gulp, balk, give more than receive? Of course. Will you go back into hiding, cover your head, certain that everyone else belongs, can be held but you? Of...
Your Life is Telling You, Are You Listening?
Callings, purpose, playing big, shero's journey… Branding, tag lines, niches, customer avatars, tell a compelling personal story… Service… All of these are often worthy, even vital, ideas to guide you in sculpting a meaningful life…. and if you give your authority...
9 Ways for Get A New Venture Cracking
After I coach a client, I write-up a few notes and send a recording of our call. My notes to a brave & wise client (woo to the hoo) this week inspired this post. Consider these directions to get any new venture cracking - writing a book, launching a coaching...
What’s Your SuperHero Power? Prize included!
My friend Andrea Scher has just launched a glorious new website, Superhero Life. It's beautiful and honest and offers a place to embrace your courage and your superhero /superShero powers. I first met Andrea in person too many years ago to recall exactly. She worked...
Can Dreams be Dangerous?
I have long wondered: at what point, if ever, do we say to ourselves or a beloved, "This dream in this form is not possible. You are not attending to life's realities. You need to regroup." Wait: I have to call myself out. I'm already hedging. In the above sentence I...
Savor & Serve Love Lights for August
Here is what I noticed in August: A wilder calling to yet uncharted place that requires silence as my teacher. Make art or my soul crinkles up like the old carrots in the crisper. Self-trust result in asking for what I want -- and getting it. I don't have to...
The Art of Pre-Grieving
The art of pre-grieving is one I learned from my dad. Because he was afraid to die. My dad was 43 when I was born. Born in 1919, Dad was from a time where a long life was not assumed. His sister, Alma, died of scarlet fever when she was 6. His parents both died in...
I’m Not Liking Myself & I’m not Doing Anything about It
I've been in a pickle of ugliness lately. Mother-daughter stuff - both ways. Mom and I clashing (she has early stage Alzheimer's) about her care and I feel horrible about being so impatient and selfish about not wanting to take her places. With my girl, I can't seem...
Weekend Fun Takes Discipline
A client said this to me this week "Fun on the weekends takes discipline." I found myself nodding. I know, "fun takes discipline" could sound a bit like "Take your medicine and like it, dammit" but I notice that if I leave all my weekends without any form or plan,...
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