The Journey

“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 [...]

“Whatever your passion is, do it! Do it not because of some desired outcome, but because your soul depends on it.”–Stephanie Bennett Vogt I put together a short video that tells my [...]

It is considered the end. Or the beginning of the end. If you’ve hit a certain numerical marker, you’re over the hill. Certain body parts aren’t moving quite as fast as they [...]

This is a photo of my wedding shoes. I wore them just once on my wedding day 29 years ago and I’ve kept them neatly in this box ever since. Why? Because these grass-stained relics remind me [...]

Marianne Williamson posted a beautiful prayer on her Facebook page recently in response to an email she received from a woman in the Ukraine, grieving for her people. Wow. What a prayer. It is as [...]

The inspirational piece below by Pema Chödrön is, in a nutshell, what I would call clearing. Allowing your feelings to arise  – without resisting them, or judging them, or fixating on them – [...]