These days, I seek antidotes to the despair I feel given our current political situation. These days, I need ways to manage the rage and sorrow that erupts from near-constant assaults on truth and justice, the erosion of morality, the absence of courage and real leadership […]
Today I have a simple message: We are all creative. Every Single One Of Us. Creativity is our birthright. There are not creative people and uncreative people. There are only people. Connecting to our creativity is a spiritual practice. It is essential. It feeds the soul. If we […]
What business do you want to be in? The money-making business? The influence-gaining business? The play-it-safe business? The go-with-the-flow business? I’m 60 years old and I’m still figuring out what I want to do with my life but I’m clear that the business I want […]
Color! ‘Aint it grand? It’s a feast for the eyes, a feast I believe we need to feel our most resilient and inspired. (If you live in the northeast like I do, you’re probably starved for it at this time of year!) We’re in a rental until the end of June so […]
Everything I have, I got from someplace else. Or someplace else. I was born into it. I heard it or read it or learned it or remembered it. Or it came from the great mystery that is the land of idea, insight, and inspiration. A […]
When my mother gave birth to her first child, they knocked her out cold–bam–for the whole thing. When very pregnant with me a few years later, they wheeled her down the hall on one of those gurneys while she screamed, I HAVE TO GO TO […]
“No one is born a great cook, one learns by doing…try new recipes, learn from your mistakes, be fearless, and above all, have fun.” –Julia Child Today it’s all about the bake, and by that I mean, The Great British Baking Show. I’m sure you’ve seen […]
Listen: You have a calling. There is something that wants to come through you, right now. It’s not entirely you, nor entirely of you, but it does need you in order to be brought to the world. You are the living breathing being that is required to bring this […]
I took the above picture during my #FeministSelfie365, when I took a selfie every day for a year. If I were to redo this one, I’d be tempted to show myself staring straight out at the viewer, standing up to my neck in sand as the […]
What if it’s all okay? What if how you feel is okay? Even if right now, things really suck. I’m not telling you that the thing that sucks right now is ‘meant to be’ or ‘for your highest good’ but I am suggesting that the feelings […]