Category: Finding Center
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Bouncing Back, Boundaries, and Big News
Spring Equinox 2023 Spring feels far off as I write from my childhood home in cold, blustery Kansas, so I hold tight to the image of the verdant hills I left behind in California. Recently, my daughter and I seized the opportunity to plant tulip bulbs on a sunny day between soaking storms there. Fearful…
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Grinch vs. The Green Flash
I’m known as the Grinch in my family. This morning I intended to write politely about my disdain for Christmas. To implore others to turn away from consumption and the pressure to meet expectations toward something spiritual. The Solstice. The old ways. Back to meaning and light. That’s what I thought. Instead, serendipity led me…
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We need you now
If you feel you can’t do anything right now, do this. We can’t solve this craziness or feel better from a place of fear. Let’s use our super-power of sensitivity to shift the energy now. One thing I know for sure is that our inner world is reflected in the outer world. Obviously, we are…
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Careful What You Wish For
In the year since publishing Down and Back, I’ve been pulled to focus on family and the needs of others by facing new and unexpected challenges – illness, death, moves – all of which pulled me further from my own center and my love of writing. In the midst of taking care of others, I…
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Equinox
I welcome nature’s lesson in balance today as the equinox makes equal length of dark and light. Of late, I wake before the alarm, feeling nervous and restless. My daughter has been sick again for weeks with no improvement. As one symptom abates, another rises to take its place. I’m worried, and feel helpless as…