Between this site and Facebook, we have folks chiming in from New Hampshire, Maine, Alberta, Ontario and Washington State. We even have someone along for the journey from England! I am so happy to hear from you- I love the feeling of shared intention, and the experience of knowing other folks are out there exploring… Read More
Fantasy: I retire to my well-lighted, warm studio with high ceilings, where I also have a comfy chair or two, and a well-stocked fridge. And a tea kettle. I do my work (yoga, paint, write) to the sound of music or birds or silence. I have enough of whatever I need: time, space, energy, stuff.… Read More
Good morning! So here we are, it is morning and there is snow and wind and a day stretching ahead with a 2 year old cooped up in a small apartment and… OY. Oh well, even when it is not ideal, even when there is not much space, creativity needs to anyway!… Read More
Welcome! I’m so happy you’re here! [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bCuZzIgMAY?rel=0&w=420&h=315] As you look ahead to tomorrow– if you have some idea (or no idea) of the new or old thing that you might want to try, here are some resources to get you started: Want to try painting? Not prepared with the “right” stuff? go low-tech and use coffee… Read More
Free Online Campfire, February 8-10 This totally free virtual workshop is about quiet bravery: taking small steps, creating small adventures, allowing ourselves to explore new things. I invite you to join me here on Heartwork for an opening campfire on Friday night, followed by two days of exploring what it is like to try new… Read More
I’ve always felt I should know my Calling. My True Work. My Passion. My Purpose. I looked at all of these things as just different ways of identifying some core Truth just waiting to be seen, some inherent compass point, some something that would allow me to navigate more easily through opportunities, decisions, relationships, and… Read More
Why does it feel so risky to try something new? Maybe because by adulthood, we have sort of found our groove or grooves, we do what we’ve done. And maybe we just don’t try too many new things after a while. We’re used to a baseline level of competence maybe. We’re used to knowing. Parenthood… Read More
My Soul Sister and co-coach Dani Nelson of Life Unconstrained shared some brilliance (as usual) in her weekly newsletter. But this one bit was just too juicy not to share. I know I’ve written a lot about self-stories, and how they can be limiting (I promise, sometime in the not too distant future, we’ll talk about self stories… Read More
Here we are, a few days beyond the summer solstice. This is usually a time I feel a bone-deep low-level dread, an awareness of the creeping darkness, the shortening days, the inexorable march toward winter. But this year, the solstice came, and instead of pulling down and in in somewhat glum anticipation, I feel freed… Read More
Sometimes when you’re in the thick of it, a voice whispers something important. Something that changes everything about how you interpret your experience. These past few weeks have held several of these moments for me. A newsletter I get from Jen Louden about self trust— it brought a reframing of the act of labeling our… Read More
