So these questions of identity have sort of lead me to think about when I was little. Most career books or counselors ask us to go back and resurrect our fundamental passions and beliefs to try to regain that innocent connection to our true selves. The question is usually something like this: When you were… Read More
My dear friend Eric commented on my previous post: “… I would like you to talk more about fiction. The stories we tell about ourselves play a huge role in determining the courses of our lives whether you regard the stories as fiction or not. I’ve been having conversations about this topic within my family. Some… Read More
ground fog by marsh in winter Not loving it. But something has kept me from painting over it. Sometimes when I am creating, I go too far, keep poking it, keep messing with it, and end up messing it up and losing whatever was special. In painting, I often wish I had stopped a few… Read More
taken with my phone I am coming to like the fact that I never *quite* know what I am going to get when I use my phone camera, since there is a weird delay, a weird distortion, and it is always darker, fuzzier, grainer than I expected. So sometimes, I hold it up and away… Read More
Creating is often such a solitary endeavor– it is so hard to explain to folks who are not consciously creative what it means to struggle so deeply with the process, with identity, with self doubt, with whatever is produced, while still clearly and deeply loving it. Not quite a dysfunctional relationship, but clearly one of… Read More
Today I thought a lot about yesterday’s blog entry… that wishful hopeful feeling that somehow, some way, all of this (hands waving out in front of me) has to do with gathering and experiencing things that will help support whatever is next. If you could choose a sound bite description for your ideal job based… Read More
The Well of soul supporting resources: Karen Alonge: Dear friend and intuitive life coach. She will make you feel that everything is possible. Elma of Now Healing (sign up for the newsletter and get a 7 minute audio gift that is really quite amazing)– I did some sessions with Elma when dealing with infertility, and… Read More
I’m not proud of it, but I confess, I tend toward all or nothing thinking. So this year, I am trying very hard to focus on the middle way– at least, I am trying to even REMEMBER that there IS a such a thing as a middle way. If I am so lucky as to… Read More
What one thing can you do today (or find, or think about, or plan for) that can move your own heartwork forward? Find those addressed envelopes from last spring when you were almost ready to send out your manuscript, call that financial advisor, email that pilates instructor, window-shop for supplies, log off an hour early… Read More
Sometimes when I am stuck, really really stuck, it takes some sort of colossal effort to haul myself out of the stuckness. It is as if I am attached to being stuck somehow. Stuck is safe I guess. Known. There are risks though: missed opportunities, deadlines that will pass, folks who will be disappointed. And… Read More
