Clearing

What happens to our possessions once they come through the door? This is probably one of the best comedy routines I’ve ever seen on the natural evolution of STUFF – with a blow-by-blow [...]

“Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life.”–Mary Oliver. The average american will live an average of 28,835 days. Here’s what that might look [...]

“Stop. Now. Whether you know it or not, you are at the end of your search for relief, peace, and meaning in your life. No more seeking. No more wandering. No more waiting. The peace you [...]

It’s that time of year again – the annual scramble to order, buy, wrap, ship… Tell me, does anyone out there find all this acquisitive crazy-making fun?!? And how does one honor the [...]

“Stay in your own lane. Comparison kills creativity and joy.”–Brené Brown. We all do it. In a dual world of better and worse, bigger and smaller, winners and losers, we all fall into [...]

“Do you love it? Do you use it? Does it have a home?” My favorite three-part mantra for clearing works like a charm every time. Unless, of course, you don’t see the stuff that [...]

“There is no getting around the past when everything in the home points to it.”–sbv. Dear Friends, Some of you may have noticed that there was no summer newsletter. That’s [...]

“Added up, objects become clutter. Clutter becomes noise. And noise—in all of its forms—blocks spiritual growth, starting with an inability to simply feel happy. Happiness needs [...]

“Whenever you are sincerely pleased you are nourished.” –Ralph Waldo Emerson. Most of us think of caring for ourselves as an extra-curricular activity – something we squeeze into our [...]

“Change happens slowly, then all at once.”–Your Spacious Self. No sooner had my husband and I returned from a six-month sabbatical in Mexico than we went on a top-to-bottom tear of [...]