Many of our routines and rituals have been upended this year. Give yourself a gift this fall by registering for my next online retreat, Reinventing Ritual. We’ll discuss what about our past rituals and celebrations have given us purpose or joy,…
When I began planning my crazy Birthday Month of Connections event series, I seriously wondered if anyone would show up. It’s summer, and people want to be outside. People are tired of being on Zoom. “People wouldn’t be interested in hanging…
I have a very good friend who I call when I’m having a lot of feelings. They tell me that they treasure these rambling voicemail messages that usually start sometime like, “I’m having two or three feelings at one time, and…
One of my goals lately has been to keep myself uncomfortable. For white people like me, it is far too easy to tune out the suffering caused by hundreds of years of enslavement, segregation, and mass incarceration of Black people in…
“Fine, God. What do you want me to do?” The question marked my first flailing, frustrated attempt at discerning my life’s purpose. Spurred by successive failed job interviews, I felt caught between the rocky cliff of now and the edge of…
***** Upcoming events! ***** The ideas in this blog are indebted to a number of people of color who have been writing, thinking, speaking and teaching about anti-racism much longer than I have. Here are a few links and resources that…
The "It's Not About You" speech chills whatever anger, frustration, drama you were experiencing and brings you back to reality. I often remember that I had to look internally at what was happening with me, rather than blame the issues on…
The universe seems to be calling us to repent in the truest sense of the word — to turn around, to change, to do things very, very differently than we were before.
I had to have yoga and its practice of awareness firmly embedded in my body, mind and spirit before I could apply it to losing weight in a wholistic, attentive and compassionate way. I had to learn to observe my own…
You are better helping others when your cup is full first. You’ll be more kind, more generous, more loving even as you set boundaries and say no to some things in order to find the time and money to care for…
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