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It All Comes Down To
It really all comes down to how we choose to navigate this moment. So often I find the best and most honest choice I can choose in this moment is to open wider. Or to listen, or to breathe, or to burn, or to allow, or to let go, or to give thanks, or to tell the...
Lessons in Prioritizing Soul
A few mornings ago my boy Ezra and I fell unexpectedly out of sync with all of our supposed-to’s, and suddenly found ourselves immersed in a pocket of pure soul sweetness. I heard him bumping around in the kitchen in the wee hours, fixing himself some breakfast,...
Holy Moments in The Matrix
Last night I got to go out on a dinner date with one of my most beloved soul-sisters here in Ashland. We sat across from one another eating ceviche and avocado with chopsticks. No small feat! We compared notes and shared stories and laughed more than I’d...
Letting Love Take Care of It
Recently I went through a challenging relational experience with someone I’d considered a dear friend, and it left my heart feeling raw and trampled. Isn’t it astonishing how each heartbreak we experience can bring to the surface every other unresolved betrayal,...
To Be Love; To Be Loved
That moment this morning, after a handful of hard, tender-hearted days, when my bright, shining sixteen-year old found me praying fervently at the altar, and swooped down beside me, whispering into my ear, “Have I told you lately Mama, how much I love and appreciate...
The Simple, Perfect Wisdom of “Help”
“Help” is one of my most favorite prayers. When we can find our way to the voice that remembers how to ask for help, we are more than halfway home. How many times in the last couple of years have I found my way, just in time, back to the altar. Back to the simple...
Vigilance of Self-Love
When I map my own path of self-love, I can see how much of it has been shaped from an honest willingness to see my addictive dance with self-loathing. Isn't it amazing how the very source of our suffering-- when faced directly-- holds the key to our freedom? That...
Opening to the Bad Dream, while Ushering Forth the Good One
At the top of my extremely short list of what I’ve absolutely loved about this global pandemic? My ritualized evening walks with my amazing son, Ezra Star.* Our walks have evolved this past year, alongside the seasons, and our rapidly evolving hearts. Last spring and...
Lessons in Discernment & the Consequences of Self-betrayal
I have made many mistakes in my life, but the most consequential mistakes I’ve made have always involved betraying in some way what I know to be true. These are the mistakes that have delivered essential lessons in discernment, self-respect, dignity and integrity....
The Miracle & Challenge of Forgiveness: A Divorce-Healing Story
“Forgiveness is not always easy. At times, it feels more painful than the wound we suffered, to forgive the one that inflicted it. And yet, there is no peace without forgiveness.” —Marianne Williamson Forgiveness is a fearless teacher. It came to me in one of my...