Slipping Up

Slipping Up

How do we turn what feels like a fumble into an upgrade? Reflecting on what happened and naming the learning, unlearning and relearning I got in the experience is worthwhile for me. Here are 3 lessons I’m working on and claiming. Perhaps they resonate with you...
Navigating Loss

Navigating Loss

A teacher named Kulu explains that joy is the only human emotion. Yes, we experience grief, he adds, and we know that grief includes feelings of anger and sorrow. “What about fear?”, we asked. Fear is just anticipated grief, he said, so again grief...
Spiritual Wellness

Spiritual Wellness

How are your needs a blessing? It seems counter intuitive at first, and may even sound selfish to those of us raised to think of others over ourselves at all cost. But the more I keep learning to listen to what my inner spirit needs for wellbeing, the better I am able...
Dream Launch

Dream Launch

What a beautiful evening with new friends, gathering near Lake Phalen where our dreams crafted onto paper lanterns set sail at dusk. How do you launch your dreams? Speaking what we hope for aloud with friends listening, writing them into words may seem the obvious...
Letting Go

Letting Go

You’ve heard of the book, right? The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo has proven popular this year, and very helpful to me. I did it. I followed the author’s advice to address one category at a time. After culling my clothes, I took on the...
Out Only?

Out Only?

Funny how the city painted this on the street curbside in front of my house! When it comes to spirit, is it really “out only”? The sidewalk in front of my house needed to come out because the tree roots had made it uneven. Rather than have it simply moved...