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The title comes from a swoon I posted on my Facebook Page last week. Actually it read: “Birdsong + Coffee + Back porch (after spring cleaning) = Heaven. I had spent a good part of the [...]

Quitting the career and job that defined me for two decades detailed in the last three posts* led to a long period of fumbling in a foggy netherworld I call not knowing. I still find myself [...]

This post is the continuation of a series on reinventing ourselves. It follows this last one: “Making Friends with Not-Knowing.” **  Enjoy this excerpt from Your Spacious Self: Clear [...]

This is the continuation of my previous post: “Stepping Out of Comfort into Not-Knowing,”  which tells the story of how and why I quit a successful teaching career of twenty years – [...]

“There is a grief that occurs when who you thought you were begins to disappear.” – Ram Dass As I prepare to pitch my book and my message in a bigger way, I’m being reminded of [...]

“I want to shed my waste with quiet reverence like the pine… Keep me mindful of what I take into my home, the items brought to substitute for real living…Help me slowly to surrender all excess.” [...]

Did you know that I was chosen 2010 Mother of the Decade? Here’s the TV spot to prove it: Stephanie Vogt Receives Prestigious Mother of the Year Award Actually, this is a cute little gimmick from [...]

I was invited to clear an apartment recently belonging to woman who had suffered and died of ovarian cancer. The two women handling her estate called me in because they felt that the space did [...]