November in my Northern California garden often means digging in the dirt. Autumn is the very best time for perennials, shrubs and trees to take hold in the still-warm soil. The baby plants extend their roots deep underground, settling in for the cooler weather to come. And later, when spring rolls around, there’s a huge … Continue reading
Lately I’ve been thinking about enoughness, and the nature of it. Here’s what’s rising to the top for me: when a group of women come together and begin to let down their defenses and trust one another, their collective journey becomes a collective quest for enoughness. And the paradox is that the quest is as … Continue reading
“The redwoods, once seen, leave a mark or create a vision that stays with you always.” -John Steinbeck. I don’t know why it’s taken me so many years to write a guest post. Maybe I just needed a confluence of events to come together to make it happen. And they sure did. Here’s how… Shortly … Continue reading
You may not know it yet, but you want to wail at the top of your lungs. You want to stand on the heath barely dressed and invite the storm like mad King Lear. You want to feel the battering winds tears streaming mascara running. Not giving a damn. There are waves, too, crashing below. … Continue reading
Welcome to my new online home. I’m in the midst of moving in and it might take some time to get fully settled. Still, I have this deep desire to tell you a little bit about the new place. Because I think you might be wondering a few things. Like, what does living deeply mean? … Continue reading
Long ago it was David Burns who got me thinking differently about motivation. I still remember reading his classic, Feeling Good. There was a moment when my spine straightened, body coming to full attention as I read a certain passage over and over again. Within that passage was this nugget of wisdom: waiting around for motivation … Continue reading
During that whirlwind of destruction and letting go that I mentioned last week, I came across a marketing piece I wrote over 10 years ago when I started my business. It outlined the process of how I worked with clients, and spelled out each step: session one we do this, session two we do that, … Continue reading
Remember Hedda Gabler? The very confused and somewhat unbalanced heroine in Ibsen’s play of the same name? You know, that racy play from 1890? The one that’s full of all sorts of juicy stuff for its time: scandal, early feminism, alcoholism, suicide, jealousy, sexism, infidelity, creativity. What’s that you say? You mean you don’t have … Continue reading
This week I’m making room for.. beach walks fireworks naps deep breathing sewing hanging out with old friends reading fiction cooking What are you making room for?
Well hello there. And happy summer solstice! I sure did miss you. But I’m back from my blogging hiatus now. I think. Maybe. (How’s that for equivocating?) Apart from the equivocating, though, I really want to tell you what I’ve been up to the past 15 months. Of course, I spent many hours in pursuit … Continue reading
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