I’m Tempted to be Passive
I came across this unbelievably great article this week by Julie Pham about conducting a “passiveness audit.” She outlines 7 levels of passive to passive aggressive behavior, particularly as she [...]
Five Years Later
It’s a little more than 5 years ago that the lockdown order came in Washington State. Every spring since, I’ve experienced a dip in my energy, like my body remembers [...]
The Potent Places
I took a photo of a painting I saw last week that said, “Life is a full-time job.” Amen to that! Lately, it has taken most of my energy just [...]
Babies on Planes and Other Signs of Goodness
I wrote last week about feeling afraid and got responses from several of you, thanking me for acknowledging and even welcoming fear instead of spouting platitudes about how we should [...]
Fear is Sacred
I’ve been afraid a lot lately. Afraid of the avian flu. Afraid that we get closer every day to climate collapse. Afraid for federal workers losing their jobs, what that [...]
Love in All its Forms
If I want to get some animated conversation this time of year, I can ask “How do you feel about Valentines Day?” I usually get that it’s been commercialized, and [...]
The Peace of Wild Things
If you read these newsletters or are around me for more than a few hours, you’re bound to hear me talk about taking silent retreats. Getting away to hear the [...]
Opting In
My message this week is the same as last week: Keep living your values-driven life. The world we’re waking up in right now is the same one we were waking [...]
There is Something You Can Do
Most weeks, I don’t know what I’m going to say in this newsletter. I sit down, take a breath, and see what comes. I tried that twice already this week. [...]
Wide Awake in a Burning World
Though I am hundreds of miles away in the Pacific Northwest, I haven’t been able to focus on much this week as the fires have raged in Los Angeles and [...]