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Anyways, breathe. Breathe. Pausing here, as I write the words, to feel the oxygen filling me as if for the first time. Noticing. ...

We are on a late afternoon walk, my 10 year old daughter and I, on this Wednesday afternoon.  School and work are done for the day, and...

It is 2:46 am and I am sitting at my kitchen counter eating cold pizza.  I awoke about 45 minutes ago, and the timer in my mind knows...

Creeping through the hallways of my dreams What is true? What is the mind, spinning half awake half asleep half truths? Even in the...

The blank page is like the blank morning sky at 5:30 and 6:10 and 6:30. A canvas I have seen infinite times before and yet never like...

This past weekend, I had the opportunity to attend the Wisdom 2.0 conference in San Francisco, California.  This conference is rapidly...

I have a confession to make.  Last week, here on my blog, I published a poem I had written called “Dreams and Hail.”  I had written the...

Sometimes words visit me in the middle of the night, flashes of poetry and song. And I feel like a dreamcatcher, a witness of stories...

It is 10:05 pm on Wednesday night.  Within these four walls, my children sleep.  I write and dream and read and eat chocolate chip...

Why have I been silent all of these years? A quiet, sterile surface, afraid of not having answers, afraid of my own ignorance and...

“Have I made enough progress? ” she asked, electric anxiety coursing through her words, and a certain familiar tremble in her voice. ...

I wish all of you could see me as I try to write this post.  Let me do my best to paint a picture for you. It is Wednesday evening,...

As 2016 winds down, I am amazed at how quickly another year has flown by.  The quote that comes to my mind is this one:  “The days are...

I remember being a very sensitive child growing up.  I was always attuned to the emotional state of others, aware of energetic shifts and...

I believe in the power of setting intentions. These days, I find that when I open my eyes, I feel quickly overwhelmed.  I think about all...

As someone who has always loved to read and write, I have always believed in the immense power of words.  Words create beauty, evoke...

To be honest, in light of last’s week’s election, I felt a great deal of pressure to say something about the outcome.  To be even more...

This is a brief life. Our time here doesn’t last forever, although lately, I find myself acting as if it will.  Sometimes, we get caught...

Last week, I participated in a beautiful yoga class that involved reflecting on the cycle of life, from birth to aging to death.  From...

“If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.” (Mother Teresa) We belong to each other indeed, and...