by Anne Peek | Mar 21, 2023 | agenda, artistic expression, balance, body wisdom, breath, listening, modern life, overwhelm, rejuvenation, self-care, shoulds, vulnerability
Sorry, no blog this month–I just don’t have the energy. The past couple weeks held a clump of things that together have sapped my physical and emotional energy. Just temporary, but I want to honor my need for a break. Staring at this watercolor...
by Anne Peek | Jun 28, 2022 | agenda, anger, archetypes, balance, body wisdom, breath, communication, conflict, connection, cranky, creativity, darkness, earth, expansion, hope, imagination, intuition, life-giving, listening, messages, modern life, noise, overwhelm, possibilities, practice, rejuvenation, resistance, self-care, self-reflection, shadow, soul, spirit, tarot, the feminine, transformation, Uncategorized, values, vision, vulnerability, women
I’m angry. You know why. I bet you’re angry too. Plenty of reasons in the news, and more every day. Hard NOT to be angry about something these days. My anger is deep. Feels centuries old. I think it IS centuries old. At times my fury creates hostile, venomous...
by Anne Peek | May 29, 2022 | archetypes, clearing, communication, conflict, connection, crying, heart, hope, imagination, intuition, listening, self-reflection, senses, shadow, spirit, surprise, tears, tenderness, transformation, Uncategorized, values, vision, vulnerability, war
Memorial Day. An experience I had in 2015 on a spiritual tour in Ireland popped into mind. I haven’t thought about it for a long time, yet it was one of the most powerful experiences I had there. And it is asking to be told today. About two-thirds of the way through...
by Anne Peek | Feb 10, 2021 | affinity, amusement, artistic expression, grumpy, heart, imagination, laughter, life-giving, modern life, nature, pandemic, play, possibilities, rejuvenation, self-care, self-reflection, Uncategorized, vulnerability, words
The pleasant shifts in the air I felt a couple weeks ago seem to have fled in recent days. Quite patient until now, today I’m tired of pandemic precautions. Longing for travel. Tired of winter. Maybe I am undone because the vaccine and the increasing sunlight...
by Anne Peek | Aug 17, 2020 | aging, ambiguity, childhood, conflict, connection, heart, memoir, modern life, overwhelm, self-reflection, shadow, stories, transformation, vulnerability, women
Fifty years ago this week my mom nearly died in a terrorist bombing in St. Paul. Just weeks before my senior year in high school. I want to tell the story, to mark the anniversary, to make sense of it after so many years. But I’m not sure I can make sense of it. Mom...
by Anne Peek | Jun 22, 2020 | animals, beauty, conflict, creativity, harmony, heart, hope, imagination, life-giving, listening, messages, mind, modern life, nature, overwhelm, rejuvenation, self-care, senses, surprise, transformation, Uncategorized, vulnerability, wonder
Joy is the gift of love. Grief is the price of love. Anger protects that which is loved. And when we think we have reached our limit, wonder is the act that returns us to love. Valarie Kaur, See No Stranger My...