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May 20, 20192 min read

Did You Know You're Someone's Trail Angel?

This art appears in the house of a trail angel named Laura along the Pacific Crest Trail, whom my friend Heather stayed with in the long...

Mar 31, 20192 min read

It doesn't matter what draws you. It matters that you're drawn.

I often ask retreat women what colors they are most drawn to wearing on their skin right now.⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ Maybe it’s a color that has always...

Feb 13, 20184 min read

A Sacred Kind of Defiance

I gathered with an incredible group of women during this recent last full moon. We shared a span of ages forty years wide, a multitude of...

Oct 14, 20172 min read

Lead Me Back to Myself

What leads you back to yourself? Forget the retreats and the books and the practices and that person and the trip and the journey. I...

Sep 5, 20174 min read

Come here, love. Satiate your soul.

Today is the halfway mark of my 40th year. I've picked up a couple things in this much living, so far. One, very much from the gift of...

Aug 7, 20173 min read

Sweet Cycles, Sweeter Surrender

One full moon night about five years ago, I sat on a balcony in the forest with a friend. Beneath the stars, we shared red wine and...

May 28, 20162 min read

Who Stands By Your Heart?

I've been tracing around my small village with a tiny folder of marked up papers and my phone as a voice recorder. Inside of that...

Jan 28, 20161 min read

What if You Asked?

You know that moment when you want to step away? You want space, you want to reconnect with your own center, with your own voice, and...

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