I hope this note finds you well as we journey into February. For many of you - especially our Northern Hemisphere friends and those on the North American East Coast - this time of year brings much cold, and dark. We're wired to 'tend and … [Read more]
Letting go of ‘what we said about ourselves’
Here we find ourselves on the first day of a new year, and all that newness brings with her. For me, the new year often brings to mind this beloved poem by Lucille Clifton, one I first read in an Oprah magazine and kept tucked in my journal: i … [Read more]
The ‘basket that contains all our failures’
Here is this holiday week, and in this holiday month, I'm glad for this quiet in the middle of the day to spend some time writing to you. Whew – who among us would've imagined, as the year began, that we'd find ourselves in this place here at the … [Read more]
What if we’re already mothered?
These past weeks, as the weather where I live has turned to autumn, I've been harvesting seeds from the now spent sunflower plants in my garden. As I receive these seeds from their fuzzy pods, cradling them in white paper packets of goodness to … [Read more]
Your brain is an ally, not your ‘enemy’
“Your brain and body is always taking care of you.” This is something that I hear often in neuroscience and psychology circles, especially from therapist and healer Bonnie Badenoch. My mentor, Dr. Gordon Neufeld, goes one step further. He says … [Read more]
The sacred call of the heart’s cry
Here in this time of a world pandemic, and in this time of a call for a deeper justice, so much is in motion, aswirl. In my own life, I feel these swirls of change as my 20 year old daughter makes her plans to leave home, as I grieve the death of … [Read more]