I moved to Weaverville, NC, partly because I believed this was a safe place to live - no fires, hurricanes, or earthquakes. Whenever a storm blew through, the sacred Blue Ridge mountains encircled and protected us. On September 26, that all changed.It began with the rains…… a deluge so intense that water bounced upwards off the pavement and pummeled my [...]
Last year I turned 70! Though my energy has never been better, I must admit that crossing this threshold has made me pause. What threshold have you recently crossed? Have you or your partner entered a new decade? Perhaps one of you has encountered an ‘age-related’ health issue, and it’s affecting your sexual intimacy. Maybe you’ve finally left your high-paying [...]
Let’s face it, the last few years have been challenging. For starters, there’s Covid. The pandemic has radically changed every aspect of our lives - including how we work and interact with others. The shift from in-person to virtual relating has impacted us in ways we are only beginning to comprehend. Some of us feel like we’re waking up out [...]
As we turn the page to January 1, 2022, do you feel pressured by your mind to fill all those blank pages with your intentions for the New Year? According to the Human Design calendar, the New Year doesn’t actually begin until January 22nd. Right now, there is this wonderful window available to you to pause and reflect, and let [...]
It’s spring! Yet while nature is unabashedly unmasking herself in her full glory, we are still masked, cautious, and reeling from the impact of what’s happened in our world. Imagine you’re having a conversation with me about how your life has changed since this time last year. You talk about the forces that have impacted you and your loved ones [...]
As we move into the New Year, how are you doing? Are you eager to put the last four years behind you? Or….do you feel like you need to recover from the tumultuous ride we’ve been on? While we continue to grapple with ongoing uncertainty, intensified by the unmitigated rise of [...]
Oh my, where to begin? How about right here, right now. I’m sitting in a swing, you know that old fashioned wood slat kind, on a porch outside a cabin deep in the woods of Weaverville, North Carolina. I can hear the roar of the creek behind me and feel the sun on my back. A bird is perched on [...]
Just as I was about to start writing, I cut my finger. Dang! Another unexpected opportunity to do something differently. So I recorded my thoughts instead and found a new way to write my blog. In this extraordinary time, every moment offers us a choice: We can put our attention on what we cannot control, and experience fear, frustration, isolation, [...]
My friend wrote and published a book in only nine weeks, and I confess - I am jealous! Let me clarify, in my true self - what I call my essential nature - I’m delighted for her and super inspired by her process. However, that niggling, insecure and self-critical aspect of me, better known as my ego, is fuming. It [...]
Recently I was rear-ended. Fortunately, my trusty Subaru absorbed most of the impact, so the physical damage to my body wasn’t too bad. Two weeks later a series of earthquakes shook southern CA. What I rely on as solid ground rolled as if I was on a ship at sea. These events have forced me to confront once again how [...]