Today is a very important day. My youngest sister is being inducted into motherhood today. Today is a miracle and a milestone. I can’t stop crying. I feel like every time one of my loved ones brings a new life into the world, I too am reborn. How can that be? I haven’t figured that […]

Ha! I’m feeling resistance to writing this post. What I’m experiencing as resistance is a desire to do anything but the thing I’ve set down to do right now. Sometimes it shows up as a feeling of tightness in my chest or throat. When I resist the resistance I’m feeling, it graduates to anxiety. Oh

Today I woke up feeling like I’d been beat up. I originally thought the feeling was purely physical, but now I’m feeling it emotionally too. I don’t have any sophisticated psychological explanation… this holiday season has been jam packed with emotional curveballs and beautiful connections. I’m processing things that have only surfaced after 10+ years.

I miss my dad. He’s still alive and still technically in my life. He’s on a huge physical and metaphorical journey that takes him far from home. I’m glad he’s honoring his inner calling. I want this for him, and for me, and for us…. but I also don’t. I keep trying to understand what

I have a long-term friendship coming to an end. It is my decision to formally end the relationship, though I could argue that the other person’s behavior indicated an end to what once was a predominantly loving and respectful friendship. In my spiritual practice I utilize a five-step process given to me by my advisor,