Our stories shape our world, inside and out.
Vlog: 3 Ways to Prime for an Awesome Day
Taking time to imagine the best case scenario and joyfully FEELING through my plan for the day pays off twice.
Breakfast for Turkeys
Slowly, I develop an ear for my animal family. I begin to hear, see, and sense how I can support their well being. The more I place my attention on them, the more I recognize their kinship to me.
Vlog: Saved by a Shrub?
After reawakening my passion with a foray into making fresh fruit shrubs, I return to the office for a productive evening. We do our best work when we feel excited and alive. Period.
Middle Age for Our Dear Dog
Is there someone dear to you who is growing and changing in ways that provide an opportunity for welcome shift in your relationship?
The Teachings of Swiss Chard
Looking to our natural world for cues, we can deepen our practice of joy. By embracing that which at first appears to be disease, we deepen our awareness of and focus on that which is whole and thriving within us and in the world around us.
Grateful for Autumn’s Cornucopia
I refocused my breath and attention to feeling the skins of these beautiful fruits and roots in my hands, over and over, as I washed, chopped, and arranged.
I’m Coming to Play
In mid-life, play seems barely an option in our busy schedules. And yet, play keeps us limber, loving, and free.
Vlog: The Price of Fear
Sun-burnt, tired, and happy, I reflect on the price that fear exacts whether or not danger is actually present.
Vlog: 3 Easy Ways to Find the Receiving Mode
How I received sundry gifts by priming myself for awe and wonder, focusing on needs met, and harvesting positive momentum.
Letting Go
Lugging chunks of concrete bigger than my head and ragged 2 X4’s to the curb, I had a felt sense of flow. How can we be open to receiving the items that are best suited to our present-future if our storage space is full of the past?
Growing at Home
Between summer adventures, I fall in love with my home and garden. It’s a place of relaxation, restoration, and at times hard work. I clean with deep appreciation. I make time to touch, look carefully at, and smell objects around me. Most of all, I open my heart to enjoy it all.
Vlog: How Changing My Viewpoint Helped Me Find Joy
Catnappers and bad gas meet personal empowerment.
Vlog: In Search of Flow …
In the midst of canning elderberry juice, I pause to explore the difference in how I feel when I value getting stuff done vs. valuing being in the flow.
Vlog: 3 Easy Ways You Can Transform Worry
Making more space for joy allows less for worry!
Vlog: Which Perceived Limitation Could You Live Without?
Pondering our perceived limitations at sunset with Leo …
“Weeds” for Supper
Being gratefully nourished by purple dead nettle, and inviting our spring friends to the table….