Freedom

by | Apr 7, 2016 | artistic expression, body wisdom, childhood, clearing, connection, creativity, growth, inner critic, life-giving, listening, play, possibilities, practice, rejuvenation, resistance, Sacred Eccentricity, shoulds, spirit, transformation, vision, wildness

I stumbled across a poem today while doing quite unrelated things. The title made me curious so I read it. Instantly my belly became fluttery, and at the same time I felt profoundly sad. I read it again. Here is the poem. It is by Naomi Shahib Nye and is called How to...

A Conference Of Voices

by | Feb 7, 2016 | artistic expression, balance, body wisdom, childhood, clearing, communication, conflict, journaling, life-giving, listening, messages, play, practice, resistance, self-care, shoulds, subpersonalities, writing

I’ve been working on creating a workshop but I’m stalled. I was excited about it in the beginning, but over time I’ve also been feeling increasing resistance and heaviness about it. Both the “go” signals and the “stop” signals seemed equally strong, so I knew it...

Free From the List

by | Jan 16, 2016 | agenda, balance, body wisdom, breath, connection, creativity, grumpy, harmony, life-giving, listening, lists, magic, messages, mind, planning, play, possibilities, self-care, shoulds, spirit, transformation

We all try so hard in January: to “do better,” to complete the “shoulds” we failed to complete last year. Not me. Spirit is handling my agenda these days. And with more wisdom, kindness and efficiency than when I was in charge. I have been an organized, list-making...