The other day I was noticing that I was feeling particularly drained. I move pretty quickly and with a lot of purpose as a general rule, which I learned to do as a single mom with a large amount of responsibility. That day, however, I just kept stopping in my tracks, or sitting down when I wasn’t [...]
Last month, I blogged about the idea of active acceptance and how difficult it is to accept things when we feel like they are wrong, unjust, painful, or even simply uncomfortable. The voice in our head that says “it shouldn’t be this way!” is often very loud, and it’s not necessarily incorrect. But whether or not something [...]
How are you holding up these days? How are you holding steady? We’re in a noisy world right now, and we’re all feeling the buffeting winds, no matter where we might stand with our perspectives and beliefs. Change is blowing, and I’m not sure anyone is completely unaffected by it. How is it affecting you? For myself, [...]
Here we are, my friends, officially in 2025. I hope it has been, thus far for you, a time of re-gathering, re-grounding, and rejuvenating. I invite you to take good care of yourselves this coming year; you are the source of all your power, and that requires nourishment! What might that look like for you? Does it [...]
Dear friends, here we are. After all the build up, predictions, shouting and polls, we are now post-election, 2024. As tired as we all may be, I think it’s worth it to take a moment and allow that reality to sink in. We are facing a new era, and that leaves us with a question: what now? [...]
Hello, dear friends, and happy September to you! Does this time of year find you in the throes of back-to-school? Are you freshly back from travels? Or perhaps the shift out of summer simply means a continuation of your work, whatever work that may be? No matter what your situation, I hope you find yourself in a [...]
Well, dear friends, here we are at the beginning of August 2024, and it’s not new news to anyone that our political future is in a state of deep uncertainty. I mean, really, we’re steeped in this reality, and it’s awfully hard to get away from it. In that sense I apologize for bringing it up here, [...]
Happy (almost) summer, dear people! What lies ahead for you over the next few months? Adventure? Running around with the kids? Knuckling down and getting some goals met? It’s funny how the summer often seems like such a special, encapsulated time. For so many of us, the work day is still the work day, no matter what [...]
We’ve all heard the word “mindfulness” so many times now, I have to wonder: does it hold any meaning anymore? It’s supposed to solve all of our problems, make our kids emotional geniuses, and turn us into powerhouses at work and in our relationships. Someone who is “mindful” looks great in yoga pants and spends most of [...]
The days are short and dark, the nights are long and cold. Many of my life coaching and bodywork clients are feeling sluggish, gloomy, and not up to the holiday push. Our dominant culture is fighting against our primal instincts. While nature is curling up and going internal for the long dark, we are pressured to be [...]
Dear ones, we are entering the Fall season and we have an auspicious Full Moon in Pisces (think creativity, intuition and deeply felt emotions) on a Friday the 13th (goddess magic, before patriarchy claiming feminine power was "evil")! I took this photo in a liminal space between land and sea on a potent trip with my family. [...]
What are you calling in to your life on this longest day in the northern hemisphere? This can be a time of new starts, building from the fresh energy of Spring. Build a fire tonight and burn away what you are ready to release and call in what you are ready to experience! "This is the solstice, [...]
The word Solstice means “sun stands still” and at this time we find ourselves in middle of the deepest darkness and the return of the light. On Friday we will experience the longest night, which also brings the return of the sun and longer days! This is a time to reflect, to grieve, to let go all [...]
Dear clients and friends, I want to introduce you to my colleague Megan Liebmann and her individual and group healing offerings at Amethyst and Rose. I love supporting other practitioners who, like me, take a whole-person and community-minded approach to their work. In this time of the Great Turning, we must see health through a wider lens that includes all beings and the [...]
Its the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, Summer Solstice! This is a time of celebrating the growth of all that you dreamed in the dark of winter and planted in the spring. One way to remember this important natural cycle is to notice how the plants, trees and wildlife have changed since winter. [...]
