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Wondering what a one-minute practice of conscious gratitude might look like, I posed it as a question to myself one morning before getting out of bed. What popped up was the directive to “thank [...]

On a scale of 1-10, ten being kind to your self, how is your day going so far? There’s a post in the gorgeous Life by Me blog called “Celebration.” In it the author describes a [...]

What happens when you scroll down the series of phrases below? Which ones elicit a sensation of any kind, like… a twitch, eyebrow rise, shallow breathing, a nervous laugh, sweaty palms, [...]

“Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?”–Mary Oliver. Dear Friends, In two weeks I depart for Spain to co-present a women’s retreat and teach [...]

It’s a jungle… in here! Most of us do too much, or have more possessions than we need or use. Or both. With our lives swept up in a swirl of attachments, worry, and endless, mechanical [...]

(Don’t you just want to dive into this bed?) I look at a my watch these days and I can’t believe it’s only 5 pm. It’s pitch black outside! I actually love this time of [...]

You don’t need to know feng shui principles to benefit from their ancient wisdom. The video below, which showed up on my YouTube sidebar, is a good example. With simple tips, it shows you [...]

Dear Friends, I am thrilled to announce that my articles (on clearing, simplifying, letting go, lightening up, reinventing, downsizing, self-care…  and all those things I love to write [...]

“Look for the answer inside your question.” –Rumi Are you noodling on something? Have a nagging question? Can’t seem to get past a problem to a solution? Don’t know where [...]

“I want to shed my waste with quiet reverence like the pine…Keep me mindful of what I take into my home, the items brought to substitute for real living… Help me slowly to surrender all excess.” [...]