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 [...]
Summer Bookshelf
Hello, friends! I’m reminded again this week of how June can really kick my butt. Even though I don’t have a graduating senior this year (two more years—please send all [...]
Favorite Books of 2022
Favorite Books of 2022 I finally realized something last year—I don’t sit still unless I am reading. And maybe that’s one of the primary functions it has served in my [...]
Serving and Savoring
“Each morning I wake up torn between the desire to serve the world and to savor it. This makes it difficult to plan the day.”- EB White Doesn’t this quote [...]
The Labyrinth of your Inbox
I walked the labyrinth at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco this week. Making my way toward the center and back out again, my body remembered all the other times I’ve [...]
Eight kinds of time
Sometimes my husband says to me, “You need to go on a walk. Now.” He is familiar with my “Eight Kinds of Time,” and can sense when one of them [...]
The Heart of the Matter
I was around a leader recently who didn’t seem to have come home to themself. They were smart and polite, but I thought to myself, “I wouldn’t want to follow [...]
Borrow some Energy
I have lived in my house for 11 years and never liked our living room. With an awkward space, ill-fitting furniture, pets, and my underdeveloped design sense, it just never [...]
A Blessing for Times of Change
Hello friends! I’m back from my August break, and have logged glorious hours biking, swimming, sleeping in, painting, hanging out with friends, and blessedly not listening to any self-help podcasts [...]
Say Something Real
I’ve just had a glorious five days with my soul sister Emily in San Francisco. We worked with a mutual client, took a swim at Baker Beach, went to the [...]