Slipping Up

by amy | Mar 16, 2023 | Blessings, Learning, Liberating

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...

Blue Fridge

by amy | Sep 22, 2022 | Growth, Learning, Perseverance

“I’m so happy!,” I told my friend over FaceTime after seeing the apartment. “It feels as though it was made just for me, and guess what? The appliances are blue!” Such an artsy-fartsy feature, right? A new blue fridge and matching stove...

Morning Pages

by amy | Feb 1, 2022 | Learning, Practice, Self-guiding Tools

I did the thing I said I’d never do. “No, I’m not going back to read all my morning pages!,” I’d say. But the next unspoken thought would be, “Well, maybe some day.” While I still can’t imagine reading all 121+...

Complete Refresh

by amy | Dec 30, 2021 | Beginnings, Growth, Learning, Liberating, Uncategorized

During a recent retreat at a friend’s cabin, the wood fire renewed warmth to our bones after a wintry walk. How might we create that same sweet feeling of renewal here at the end of 2021, such a challenging year? Interestingly, many of us never learned how to...

Fair Question

by amy | Jul 9, 2020 | Creative Community, Learning

What’s fair? “I cut, you choose” doesn’t really cut it. Snack time and one piece of cake at her house, my friend Lynn called the rules. An only child, she likely didn’t have to share as much as was required with two siblings at my house,...

Blind Spots

by amy | Jun 10, 2020 | Growth, Hope, Learning

Each day I’m realizing more of what I didn’t know that I didn’t know. That’s learning, right? Some blind spots can be comfortably positioned in place for a very long time. Until they are not. Then, suddenly, we are on the next, often...