A Year with Presence
Each year, i choose a word to lead me, to teach and guide me. This year, i was given the gift of PRESENCE, and like many words before, i end my date with my word with so much gratitude and awe of this practice. It was the perfect word to be in communion with: I had noticed too much time on my phone, watching other people live their life, and struggled with healing my core…
My Lost Self
“What must I give more death to today, in order to generate more life? What do I know should die, but am hesitant to allow to do so? What must…
The Connection of Self-Compassion and Trauma Healing – Look for the Parallels
I like finding patterns in things. I think i much prefer knitting a simple pattern to a complicated puzzle. I like collecting the same shells at a time, and all…
Gates of Grief Work
Last fall, l I devoured the show From Scratch. It was supposed to be eye candy, and a guilty pleasure show to watch. Does this ever happen to you -…
Surrendering into That Kind of Mom
I want to be that mom. That mom that is always ready to have her kids’ gaggle of friends over on a whim or moment’s notice. That mom who has…
A Year of Grace and Grief
I had no idea at the start of the year just how much the word Grace was going to be the perfect word to hold me. Funny how that happens…
I’m a Feelings Wheel in Motion
I’ve been sitting with my feelings a lot these last few months. It’s been both a helpful exercise to catch me in my feeling as well as practice what i…
I am Not My Mother, My Daughter is Not Me
“Until you make the unconscious conscious it will direct your life and you will call it fate” Carl Jung I like a good podcast to keep me company. I don’t…
I Have a Team in Me – just in time for a new school year
My kids are on the brink of starting a new school year. This has always been a bittersweet time for me – the mix of excitement of the year ahead…