Have you ever let your vegetables go to seed? I typically try to not let it happen. I don’t like admitting I’ve neglected my opportunity to harvest the “food” in time and depending on your taste, the gangly and dry look of seeding plants can appear rather ugly. Kale’s been growing in my garden all winter and spring Read more about What I Learned In Winnipeg[…]
How early did you start perceiving your world? Was it when you were a toddler? After you were born? Recently, a colleague lent me his copy of Louis Cozolino, Professor of Psychology at Peperdine University’s book, The Neuroscience of Human Relationships: Attachment and the Developing Social Brain. In it, Cozolino shares relevant neuroscience research (largely guided Read more about A Future To Belong To[…]
Healing is a long journey, a life-long one in fact. Years ago I used to be certain that one day I’d be “done”. Today I feel otherwise. Today, I revere my challenges as gifts, as beckoning calls from my soul back to me saying, “come here, come closer, know me, I’m here to guide you.” As Read more about Sweetness[…]
When talking about addictions, we mostly think of someone other than ourselves. Take David, for example, who’s story I’ll share with you in a second. He seems like an everyday guy, but begins to find himself coveting pain meds. David, as you’ll read, may not be that different than us. We all have un-grieved sadness, Read more about Addiction: A Love Story[…]
Remember the last time you stood by the ocean, mesmerized by the waves? It’s a wordless place, isn’t it? Sometimes I’ve wondered how our thoughts get so quiet when the sea turns before us. This week I got to thinking about how the ocean brings us to the waters within ourselves, the aquatic nature we Read more about The Beauty of The Tide[…]
Have you ever had the experience of doing something you didn’t really want to do? Or of saying the words to yourself, “Well I guess I’ll do it because he or she wants me to”? Or, “Because I’m a nice person, I’ll do it just this once”? I have. And you know what happens? I Read more about Finding Power- The Natural Way[…]
I’m not sure how common it is to sleep in a teepee. If you’ve ever had the opportunity, you may have already heard about thresholds. I learned this by becoming a student at the Orphan Wisdom School in the Ottawa Valley. I’m telling you about it because I think the oldest cultures on our planet Read more about Bowing At the Thresholds[…]
The Room of Belonging since the very first voice sang the name of her young generations have passed this one wisdom without words and invisible things no matter how innocently or recklessly this new life got called into her and whether it was you or her who uttered this now irreversible prayer already Read more about The Room of Belonging[…]
This past weekend, I had the privilege of attending poet, David Whyte’s day long workshop, Solace, The Art of Asking the Beautiful Question. You may have heard his poetry during your yoga class or meditation instruction when the teacher senses a quote-worthy place has arisen within your Sangha’s mysterious arc. It’s also possible that by nature of Read more about Pathmaker, There is No Path[…]