More Everyday Joy
I saw a lot of bad art this weekend. And I was moved to tears by it. I was crying from the moment I walked in to the San Francisco open studios exhibition, because what I found there, inside a nondescript warehouse, was twenty or so brightly lit artists spaces, full of music, happy artists, [...]
I’m so excited! I really am. Coaching is powerful. Circles are powerful. And young women are powerful. So can you imagine just how fabulous a Young Women’s Small Group Coaching Circle is going to be? Based on some inquiries, in November I’ll be launching a small group coaching circle for young women, age 22-35. We’ll [...]
I wrote a long post about belonging and loneliness – about our desire to belong and how it shows up in healthy and unhealthy ways. I like you so, I’m sparing you. The writing went circles. It was stilted, messy, in conflict with itself. But at the end of my long struggle with the topic, [...]
Today I’m happy to welcome life coach and fellow bogger Melinda Elliott. I really enjoy her blog The Easy Place, where she writes about growing our self awareness, one step at a time, so that we can create our lives more consciously. Read on to soak up Melinda’s wisdom. Your blog is called “The Easy [...]
When did we start dimming down the light in our lives, for no good reason at all? When did we learn to do this? Last Sunday, around 4pm my husband and I started discussing our evening plans. “What do you want to do tonight?” he asked. I thought about the usual suspects – movies, out [...]
Recently I’ve been writing more about my history, my life-long romance, we might say, with leaving myself and going somewhere else. I realize that may sound like crazy California-speak. What do I mean, “I leave myself”? Where do I go? Am I referring to one of those “floating up above my body” experiences? Not exactly. [...]
Over a year ago, I wrote a post called Loving Reality. That was in the days of 38 or so mighty readers. This morning I was reminded of this piece because it was republished in Soulful Living. I remembered how much I love this piece, and how important I think this idea is. So I’m [...]
A couple of years ago I found myself asking, again and again, “Is this all there is?” The question popped up in quiet moments, in the spaces in between to do lists and tasks. This question is a cliche, but more importantly, I’ve learned, its a sacred door opening. It shows up when something inside [...]
Good morning lovelies, Here’s the thing. Life is problem-full. In fact, it is problem-generating. Here’s the recipe Your fears, expectations, desires, attachments, wounds, hopes, longings Other people’s fears, expectations, desires, attachments, wounds, hopes, longings The limitations of the physical world, limitations on things like space, time, lifespan, money, land, oil, and cookies in the cookie [...]
True surrender is easily misunderstood as passivity, as doing nothing. It’s actually a change in stance, a change in state of being. It’s a softening, a coming home to. It’s what we receive when we’ve made peace with life, and become its partner, arm in arm. Before surrender, we act alone. We act because life [...]
