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Tending the garden
Recent events in my life have reinforced my belief that we are all connected and our energy affects who or what surrounds us, whether we...
Wisdom from the silence
As I sat at the page this morning, anxiety poured over me. I closed my eyes and waited. The stillness spoke. Surrender. Release. Let it...
Facing Change
People sometimes say, “It’s never going to change.” Not true. Things are changing all the time. In fact, the only true constant is...
Answering the call
Ignoring the soul’s call leads to doubt, anxiety, pain. What is your soul saying to you? What MUST you do? Following your own path can be...
Adjusting to the Empty Spaces
Today is January 10, 2019. It is 3am. Two weeks ago I arrived in Texas to move my daughter into the next phase of her life. Accompanied...
But are you happy?
The other day I saw a picture of someone I know moving their child into college. I haven’t seen them for some time. Our kids used to play...
Embracing my mess
For most of my life, I was a perfectionist. My OCD was legendary. I was born into a people-pleasing existence and learned early on to...
The Need for Connection
It is easy to feel small, to think we are just one person, to believe we lack the power to produce positive change. It can be...
More Than a Cosmic Burp
“Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion.” ― Rumi One morning during my regular reading and writing time, I came...
Resistance
“Rule of thumb; The more important a call or action is to our soul’s evolution, the Resistance we will feel toward pursuing it.” — Steven...
My storytelling superpower
(This post is in response to the prompt “What’s your Storytelling Superpower” for the DIY MFA Book Club. To learn more about the club,...
Learning to honor my reality
(This post is in response to the prompt “Tell a story about a time when you had to honor your reality” for the DIY MFA Book Club. To...
How I became a writer
(This post is in response to the prompt “How did you become a writer?” for the DIY MFA Book Club that started today. Click here for more...
The Gift of Wondering
As I drove out of my neighborhood one day last week, I passed a teenage boy riding his bike. He wore no helmet and had one hand on the...
A New Take on Millennials
Millennials have gotten a bad reputation over the years. Being labeled as narcissistic or called the “entitlement generation,” among...