Calming Down
Hi everyone! I’m wrote an audio post for today – about my retreat, about Your Other Names, and why I’m so passionate about all of us connecting with our other names. (If you are reading this in your email and aren’t seeing the player below, click here.) There are four spots left for [...]
You can learn to keep yourself company, but only by keeping yourself company — Do you ask “how are you?” and listen like a deer deciphering a rustling in the leaves? Do you say “take a walk with me, and let me show you the woods?” Do you sing yourself a song? [...]
I just returned from Jen Louden’s week long writing retreat in Taos, New Mexico. It was the first time I’ve taken that long of retreat for myself. I’ve gone on weekend workshops before, but nothing like this. I went because I wanted to break through some stuckness around a writing project. I also went [...]
I love, and have always loved, reading poetry aloud. I thought I would try it here, so today I’m reading one of my recent poems, The Last Word. The audio is about two minutes. Enjoy a moment of slowing down with it in your day. If you are reading this post via email, [...]
So delighted to bring you a conversation with Gwen Bell. We talk about using technology mindfully, meditation, blogging, and much more. Gwen was named one of Forbes’ 14 Power Women and Fast Company’s Most Influential Women in Tech. She’s a social web strategist, helping clients align with their core business offering and express [...]
Don’t be greedy with the universe, she said to me. But she didn’t say it in the mean way. She didn’t say don’t dream big, don’t want things, don’t think you deserve. She meant: look at your life and trust it. Notice how you have forever been given what you need. Notice [...]
Today I’m so happy to be blogging in partnership with two fabulous women, Lianne Raymond and Heather Plett. We’re all writing on the theme of “location dependence” and connection to place. Lianne and Heather are both remarkable writers and leaders. Check out their posts here: Feels Like Home to Me and A Declaration of Dependance. [...]
I’m delighted to share with you my first ever audio interview at Wise Living. That’s right, we are going multimedia! I’m so excited. So you know I’d choose an amazing person as my first guest, right? I’m joined by Sara Avant Stover, who is a true pioneer in the area of women’s wellness. She [...]
Art by Shelley Kommers In any creative feat (by which I mean your work, your art, your life) there will be downtimes. Or so it seems. Just as the earth is busy before the harvest and a baby grows before its birth, there is no silence in you. There is no time [...]
A remarkable thing happened to me on Friday. One of those graced moments when the light bulb goes on, when the click clicks. I had a solitary week. I had aimed to clear a lot of time for writing, but I cleared too much. Around 4pm on Friday, I started to crave [...]
