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Come and be with me and so many enlivened souls this Sat/28 @ 2pm pacific Register HERE & you’ll receive the rePLAY. We will expand our emotional resilience, practice a new relationship with fear, and alchemize and blend the terrible and wonderfull things into a...

As most of us are now “sheltering in place” or will be soon, let us remember that we are each a miracle, on our way to a miracle, living in a miraculous world.  Of course it doesn’t always feel like this at all. Especially right now and after right now and then later...

My fears are very active these days. There is a lot to be afraid of and people to be afraid for. These multitudinous fears jostle for position, for my attention. They clamor for my complete attention. I used to try to avoid or resist my fears. For a number of years I...

Some time after my beloved fiancé John died in March 2016, I had started resuming somewhat “normal activities” and was at my local UPS store picking up and shipping packages.  During this time, I was astonished that the world kept turning after he died- I didn’t see...

Many times I become so sure that “doing something” is the best plan. It seems so important to DO. And of course there are so many things that must be done, and that are good to do. Then there is overdoing, which I have excelled at. We even name our lists “to do”...

Everyone passes the love test. Since we are all perfectly imperfect, we are all lovers in that sense. We are all always making LOTS of mistakes, and it helps to keep surprise close at hand, as well as self-compassion.  I so appreciate this lovely soul for tattooing...

  I’ve been practicing self hugging for some years now. When I first began, I felt kind of foolish and even self-indulgent. I did it in private and it felt so good it quickly grew to my doing it everywhere and anywhere. Then I began sharing it with clients,...

Happy Fabulous February! My beloved David and I have been together 20 months now- yes we’re still counting months;-) My goddaughter Vanessa remarked that one of her favorite things I’ve written about our relationship is something I named the “sponge differential”....

You might know that I read- a LOT. It all started in one of my parents laps, and in first grade when my teacher dared me to read a book a day for a year and I did. It continued in the library and the bookmobile (the first kind of mobile word magic) and in every kind...

I used to stare so hard at the clock in school and pray for the hands to tick past faster. I was being abused in my family and didn’t get much sleep staying up at night to try and protect myself. Then I grew up and started healing from those kinds of experiences, and...