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“People work through emotions by being able to identify them and use them as signals. A lot of the time, we’re left in the dark. Enter the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows, the brainchild of [...]

Ladies, what would you say to your younger self? If you had a chance to live your life over again, or go back just a few years even, what would you do? What would you do differently? Here’s [...]

“Life is a garden not a road   we enter and exit through the same gate   wandering,   where we go matters less than what we notice”   –Bokonon (The Lost Book)* [...]

Three years ago, this special bugambilia varietal had no blooms. No matter what I did (new pot, more sun, gentle whispering) it just wouldn’t budge. Until this year, when we returned to our [...]

“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 [...]

“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 [...]