Let’s make a bet.   I bet I can ask you one question that will activate a spark in you and call you to your path; as a honey jar calls to Winnie the Pooh, you will have no choice but to answer. I know this because once this error of thinking is illuminated, grace can […]

Ever since I was little, I’ve been more interested in the things I can’t see than the things I can see. I remember, as a little kid, clenching my fists and squeezing them real hard with my eyes scrunched and lips pursed, contracting my whole body wanting to connect to something, to know what I

We humans are so good at making up stories in our heads about what’s happening, calling them true and then interacting with the story instead of the person or situation at hand. Fifteen years ago, I decided to attend a 10-day silent Vipassana Meditation Retreat at the Joshua Tree Retreat Center. I arrived later than

I had a week full of deep work and release, just had chocolate chip cookies for dinner (homemade, of course) and don’t feel like writing much. But I do want to give you this. In the book Frankenstein*, when the monster meets his creator, he persuades the Dr. to listen to his story. He says, talking about

I recently picked up Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, undeniably a classic tome. I learned about the author in a wisdom tradition lecture series I attended for six years. I saw the movie and watched a documentary about her life, but I have not read the book until now. Reading it tickles me so. I feel connected

Ever said a part of me feels like this, but another part feels like that? You’re not kidding! We all have different parts of ourselves that live inside us. When you recognize that every part of you is trying to protect you from feeling your wounds, you start having an appreciation for them. All of them –

I’m taking a workshop about IFS, Internal Family Systems. It’s a system for healing trauma based on the parts that live within. Who hasn’t said, “A part of me feels this way and a part of me feels differently? Well, why not give those parts full voice? They have more influence on your state of

You are beautiful. You are talented. You’ve got it going on, sisters and brothers. You are electric. You are the shit. You are da bomb. Now go out there and light the world on fire. Like lightning.  And, if you’re not feeling it, and want some help aligning to all your inherent goodness. Give me a shout. Because

I’ve noticed something in my body since my brother suddenly died three months ago, shocking me and others close to him. I still can’t believe it. One day he was here; the next, he was not here. There was no warning. He is not here. I miss him very much. Ever since, when I think

When was the last time you asked yourself how you are? How are you Self? What do you need? What can I do to make your life easier?  Don’t accept, “I’m fine” as an answer. Stay with yourself a little longer. Check-in. See what you want, what you need. You might find out you really need