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As I see it there is clearing and there is clearing. There is the old paradigm of clearing clutter that makes us feel bad when we fail and sets us up for disappointment, again and again. And [...]

“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 [...]

“Allow the mystery… This is a very fertile place in which to hang out if you can bear the uncertainty and discomfort of it.”–Your Spacious Self. Some of you may remember what [...]

Seeing takes time. -Georgia O’Keefe. Dear Friends, On January 1st of this year, my husband Jay and I left our home in Concord, Massachusetts to spend six months in the mystical, magical [...]

“Rock bottom became a solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.” –JK Rowling, Harvard Commencement Address. I’ve written scads on the subject of how our living spaces are [...]

“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 [...]

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 [...]

It makes my heart sing to receive letters from readers sharing how they have applied some of the principles from Your Spacious Self to turn their home and life around; and discover, to their [...]

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 [...]

“Sometimes I forget to eat lunch. So, 3:30 arrives, and I attack an infant-size hillock of greasy takeout. I inhale it, scarcely breathing, a condemned man with minutes ’til dawn. Two [...]