5 Reasons to Take a Retreat (+ DIY tips)
Newsletter, Spirituality, Women's RetreatsThroughout my twenties and thirties when my chest tightened from overwork and I could feel overwhelm lapping at my door, I would increase my work pace, thinking, “I just need to move faster and get more done.” Much of this stemmed from an…
5 Reasons to Take a Retreat (+ tips to start)
Newsletter, Spirituality, women's retreat, Women's RetreatsThroughout my twenties and thirties when my chest tightened from overwork and I could feel overwhelm lapping at my door, I would increase my work pace, thinking, “I just need to move faster and get more done.” Much of this stemmed from an…
What would your 100 year-old self say?
Newsletter, Spirituality
I’m currently reading “The Golden Years” by Pulitzer prize winning author Jane Smiley. It’s the last book in an epic trilogy that begins in 1920 in rural Iowa and covers a family over a 100-year span. It’s fascinating to witness family…
Why rituals matter and how to embrace them
Spirituality, Women's RetreatsLife is not a thing to be managed, but a mystery to be lived.
Last weekend I took time out from a very busy day to join friends for a labyrinth walk in nature.
Labyrinth walking is an ancient meditative practice used by countless spiritual…
Who do you want to BE in 2018?
Mindfulness, SpiritualityKind words can be short and easy to speak but their echoes are truly endless. ~ Mother Teresa
Years ago, my husband, son, and I visited our dear family friends —and native Irish speakers — who live in a fishing village outside of…
Why we love rituals & why they matter
SpiritualityLife is not a thing to be managed, but a mystery to be lived.
Recently my extended family got into a bit of a heated mess around a long-time Christmas giving tradition and how best –or even why— we should continue to honor it. It really…
Waiting
SpiritualityIn 1999 I was so ready for a career change I thought I would implode if my new path didn’t reveal itself soon!
I was taking many steps to support the career exploration process--doing informational interviews, journaling and asking the hard…
Be Here Now … Really?!
SpiritualityGrowing up, my parents used to quote a lot of annoying phrases to me.
They were boomers, intellectuals and spiritual seekers, and were always looking for new perspectives and teachings to expand their minds. (My dad liberally quoted passages…
Letter to Luca
SpiritualityFrom the time I was a little, I always felt babies were special (being the oldest of seven children, I got lots of practice welcoming newborns into the world). I always believed they were much more than blobs growing into themselves (check out…
The Void
SpiritualityOne of my dearest friends in in the void.
She is gestating “what’s next” in her life, but to her, it just feels like she’s stuck. And restless. And bored. And dissatisfied with everything-- work/relationship/home. And she might even…
What I Love
SpiritualityI attended a powerful movement/writing workshop this past weekend with Lori Saltzman with The Moving Center School in California. Her work is based on the well known 5 Rhythms developed by Gabrielle Roth.
I’m preparing to get back to work…
Dancing with the Devil
SpiritualityThe “devil” –if he lives—is our own negative thought patterns dragging us through the dirt into a self-created hell. Whether we choose or refuse this dance is fortunately up to us. Anonymous
Have you ever had something really “bad”…