by Anne Peek | Oct 6, 2021 | animals, artistic expression, body wisdom, cats, communication, connection, cranky, creativity, earth, expansion, freedom, growth, heart, imagination, intuition, life-giving, listening, messages, nature, possibilities, self-reflection, spirit, subpersonalities, the feminine, transformation, wildness, women
I think some older, fiercer being is emerging in me. I’m not sure what She will have me do in the coming months, but I want to tell you the story in case someone like her is emerging in you too. While She has been muttering to me for nearly a year, Her voice has most...
by Anne Peek | Jul 18, 2020 | affinity, childhood, communication, connection, creativity, friendship, harmony, heart, imagination, joy, laughter, life-giving, magic, memoir, play, Sacred Eccentricity, self-reflection, soul, spirit, subpersonalities, Uncategorized, wildness, women
We are living neath the Great Big Dipper We are washed by the very same rain We are swimming in the stream together, some in power and some in pain We can worship this ground we walk on, cherishing the beings that we live beside Loving spirits will live forever,...
by Anne Peek | Feb 5, 2019 | artistic expression, balance, body wisdom, childhood, communication, conflict, connection, creativity, crying, darkness, heart, inner critic, joy, messages, self-care, shoulds, subpersonalities, tears, tenderness, the feminine, Uncategorized, vulnerability
I’ve been feeling small the last few days. Fragile. Young. Sensitive. I want to be held, snuggled, tended. And I’m tired. And weepy. I’m fighting off a skin infection and I’ve had a busy couple months—that must be it. Why must I always search for a reasonable...
by Anne Peek | Oct 29, 2016 | amusement, artistic expression, autumn, body wisdom, childhood, clothing, communication, connection, creativity, growth, Halloween, holidays, imagination, joy, laughter, life-giving, listening, play, possibilities, shadow, subpersonalities, transformation
It’s Halloween! Are you dressing up? Even as a kid, the juiciest thing about Halloween for me was the costume. I’ve always loved costumes. Over the years I’ve donned them for skits and performances at church and school, for Halloween, and just for play. Every few...
by Anne Peek | Sep 30, 2016 | affinity, amusement, animals, artistic expression, beauty, bully, communication, conflict, connection, cranky, creativity, imagination, laughter, possibilities, resistance, shadow, subpersonalities
Several days ago, on a cool rainy afternoon up on the north shore of Lake Superior I sat at a cabin table, enjoying the music of the surf and doodling idly. At one point I looked at my drawing in surprise. When my drawing or painting looks like a person or animal, I...
by Anne Peek | 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...