Enough for the Winter
Anyone else feeling hibernation coming on? As usual, I turn to my favorite book in December, Gayle Boss’ All Creation Waits. It’s a portrayal of 25 different animals in winter and [...]
We Don’t Heal Alone
“Resilience is best understood as a characteristic of communities rather than individuals. Resilience isn’t personal grit; it’s the capacity of a neighborhood or community to respond, mitigate, and adapt to [...]
Come Create Art and Community with Me
The climate crisis has weighed heavy on me the last few years. I spent years avoiding the headlines, not wanting to face it. Then having teenagers changed all that—it feels [...]
Prescription for Sorrow
I was talking with one of my goddaughters recently (how blessed I am to say that!), and she asked, “How should we deal with the inevitable pain of life?” Of [...]
Find the Snake
A couple years ago, I listened to the Enneagram teacher Suzanne Stabile and the author Brian McClaren talk about facilitating a retreat together. Suzanne was sharing that she found herself [...]
Influence by Invitation
Getting ready for my bike commute this morning, I felt an indistinct longing. Wanting to feel connected to the world, wanting companionship. I felt receptive, open, needy. This is the [...]
What you Need is Not Inside You
Public Service Announcement: Alone, you do not have what it takes to live the life you want. I’m pretty tired of all the messages telling us that everything we need [...]
However Small
Today is my day to bake cookies for the tiny home community that houses low-income seniors. A group of amazing women in my life have been bringing dinner once a [...]
Empowered Disidentification
I was listening to Jeff Warren this week, one of my favorite meditation teachers, and he was talking about discovering his ADHD diagnosis in adulthood and how helpful it has [...]
To the Angry Motorist
Biking from a side street onto a main road this morning, I decided to use the pedestrian crosswalk instead of waiting for an opening in the traffic. I was startled [...]