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The brilliant poem below written by an eleventh grader from Brooklyn, NY is as powerful visual as I’ve ever seen on how our thoughts and words can change everything. Here’s the trick: [...]

This flower caught my eye at sunset the other day. The afternoon light was incredible, and there it was, doing its glorious thing of simply be-ing. I ran for my iPhone, zoomed in, and clicked. [...]

“Remember, consistency, not quantity, is the key to freedom and lasting change.”–Your Spacious Self When it comes to clearing anything that is holding us back, we need to be [...]

“Can you witness a disturbance without taking it personally? Can you feel discomfort without feeding the story that created it? What can you do on the spot to unplug from a drama that is [...]

Can you see us? That’s me (behind the camera) and my husband peeking through a gorgeous staircase in Melk Abbey, Austria – one of the stops of our river trip last fall. Though it looks like [...]

“As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler.” –Henry David Thoreau. In my last five posts I’ve introduced a model for clearing that is infinitely more [...]

“Whenever you are sincerely pleased you are nourished.” –Ralph Waldo Emerson. In my last four posts I’ve introduced a model for clearing that is infinitely more sustainable and [...]

“Receive with simplicity everything that happens to you.” –Rashi. Over the past three weeks I’ve introduced a model for clearing that is infinitely more sustainable and lasting [...]

When I Am Among the Trees by Mary Oliver When I am among the trees, especially the willows and the honey locust, equally the beech, the oaks and the pines, they give off such hints of gladness. I [...]

“Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.” –Will Rogers. In my last two posts I’ve introduced a model for clearing that is [...]