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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 [...]

“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 [...]

“It just ain’t possible to explain some things. It’s interesting to wonder on them and do some speculation, but the main thing is you have to accept it – take it for what it is [...]

“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 [...]

“How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then rest afterward” –Spanish Proverb.   Rest. Doesn’t that sound simply divine? If it’s so delicious, why is it that we don’t put our [...]

There’s a fun thought exercise circulating around Facebook right now where you’re invited to share a list of things that most people don’t know about you. I enjoyed reading [...]

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 [...]

“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 [...]

“There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground.” –Rumi. Can you remember the last time you consciously placed an object in its designated home? Yes, placed. As opposed to [...]