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“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 [...]

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 [...]

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 – [...]

“I live by the truth that ‘No’ is a complete sentence.” –Anne Lamott, O Magazine. Here’s another excerpt from Your Spacious Self with a simple practice that will help you learn [...]

An oldie but goodie: Two buddhist monks from the same monastery were traveling through a heavy forest. The older, more experienced monk walked in the front while his younger counterpart walked [...]

“Whenever you are sincerely pleased, you are nourished.” –Ralph Waldo Emerson. Those of you who have been following my work know that cultivating self-care is right up there with [...]

“Hurt people hurt people. That’s how pain patterns get passed on, generation after generation after generation. Break the chain today. Meet anger with sympathy, contempt with compassion, [...]

Do one thing every day that scares you. -Eleanor Roosevelt. This year I was invited to give some talks in the Netherlands as part of Dutch release of Your Spacious Self. How could I say no? It [...]

This post from Anne Lamott says it all. Enjoy! I am giving this day to God. I said to him, “Here–you can have it!” because yesterday, He (or She) was in such a show-offy mood it [...]