3 ways you hold yourself back

I am often my own worst enemy. Making bad choices is something everyone does, but why? When I look back, there are times in my past where I wish I could have seen myself more clearly. Taken off the thick, coke bottle glasses and seen my true nature as enough, worthy,...

Three favorite things – the fiction edition

This is the easiest post I have ever written. Probably because I did not actually write it, my good friend and author Nancy Cullen did. Actually, she wrote me an email in response to my question – any fiction you could recommend? and then gave me permission...

Anger

  Please bear with me, i have a dark theme going on here. Two months ago I posted about Loss here. These are things and emotions that I think are so powerful that we rarely speak of them. Can we talk about Anger? I wish I was better at anger. I seem to let it...

are you walking enough?

I am a big fan of local. Eating local, shopping local, playing local. Luckily for me, some of my favorite things are right in my neighborhood. So I walk. Walking is another thing I’m a big fan of. Admittedly not an early adopter, I am also a recent convert to movement...

Loss

Loss is one of big things you have to get used to later in life.    Sometimes you choose loss and sometimes it chooses you.  It is an experience I have been grappling with lately in the form of death (friends, acquaintances, ex-lovers) as some of you know. Welcome to...

Five things I learned at Yoga Camp in Mexico 2016

1. We are all in this together. You have probably heard this saying before, but sometimes you have an experience that makes it easier to remember. This retreat was of those times.  Remember how the best camp experiences were those in which you felt seen, accepted, and...

Yoga 101 – Paradox

 The ability to hold a paradox in mind is one of the first things I learned in Yoga.   When you look at the image below, what do you see?     You may see a duck or you may see a bunny, but you won’t be able to see both to once.    Instead of seeing...