If we had doubts about our connection to our planet, the Earth, these past few decades should have changed all that. Climate change has shocked the world, not only in our own nation where wildfires in the Western states blaze, but throughout the world as global warming increases – bringing droughts, floods, high heat levels […]
I think of every part of life as a developmental stage. We learn to walk and talk. We develop attachments and a conscience. We are attracted to others, try new things, do work that we love and hope to be recognized. It all goes according to some unspoken schedule and with every stage we can […]
David Frost was born at the Kench Hill Centre where the 2018 Inward Bound Mindfulness (iBme) UK teen retreat took place. I’ve been told that the main house was once a hospital. These days, it’s a venue for events – such as weddings and family reunions – and is an educational center focused on environmental […]
–In 2015 I contributed a chapter to Floyd Folks: Collective Wisdom from a (One Stoplight) Mountain Community, a collection of stories about love, loss and triumph from eighteen local writers. Published by Tommy Bailey’s Free Range Press, all proceeds after printing have gone to local non-profits. This is Part 2 of my contribution. Part 1 is HERE. When […]
–In 2015 I contributed a chapter to Floyd Folks: Collective Wisdom from a (One Stoplight) Mountain Community, a collection of stories about love, loss and triumph from eighteen local writers. Published by Tommy Bailey’s Free Range Press, all proceeds after printing have gone to local non-profits. Here is Part One of the chapter I contributed. […]
The people we cast in our dreams are said to represent aspects of ourselves. Lately, I’ve been bringing my dream work into the day by paying attention to who shows up in my waking dreams and examining what message they might reveal. During the best exchanges with another, I learn something new about them (and […]
Joe and I were in a foreign country, France I think. We spent the night in a hotel or a B&B room, and in the morning he had to go somewhere, so he dropped me off in the city to explore. I did some half-hearted sightseeing, but, as the day went on, anxiety began to […]
Like genuflecting before an altar, I kneel in the hot bath water, adjusting to the temperature and thinking how perfect it is. I pull the shower curtain over, like a priest opens and closes the confessional window, and the ritual begins. But there are no words of prayer to recite or actions to take. There […]
When my clarity goes off course, it can take everyone around me with it. At least that’s sometimes true at my women’s dialogue circle when I’m engaged in a conscious conversation. It’s a conversation built on safety, one that supports the knowledge that my struggles are just an aspect of all that I am, and […]
I recently saw a quote online that suggested we think before we speak, and ask ourselves, “Is it true, helpful, inspiring, necessary or kind.” Doing that has about as much appeal to me as balancing my checkbook, and I thought to myself, ‘If I followed that philosophy, I might never open my mouth.’ The next […]
The theme was The Art of Asking the Beautiful Question and the beautiful question was described by workshop leader/poet David Whyte as part of a conversational frontier that moves, matures and broadens our lives. “What ground do I have to actually put my feet on? Will I not turn away from the difficult side of […]
I finally understand my aversion to jumping on the yoga band wagon. I checked out yoga in my 20’s when I was reading self-help books and exploring all things new and mysterious. At that time, I drew what I needed from it, but it did not take in the long term, and I am not […]
