Trust, and Heal
Well...I did it. I made the decision and took the leap. I gave my official notice and am taking a Leave of Absence from teaching next year. I have a…
Whisper
What needs to be spoken these days is so personal, so deep inside that I can only whisper the words to the wind. Thoughts and feelings coming from a place…
To Go Further
I'm so lost these days and then I go out skiing in the woods and everything feels right and good. I'm breathing and smiling, noticing beauty and feeling alive. And…
Gratitude
noun : the state of being grateful For my children, my family, my partner For a job and a salary For my warm house My dog, warm baths, sunrises and…
The Silence
Sometimes it feels like I'm the only unhappy person. I know that's completely absurd. Obviously so many people are struggling and have it so much worse than I do. But…
Surrendering
The very concept of surrendering involves giving something up...power, control. I got tossed around the other day and didn't come out the other side doing too well. The experience lingered…
Unpacking
What a scary thing to unpack the metaphorical backpack. For so long I excelled at filling it up. Collecting all the trauma of my life, the things I never truly…
The Silence…The Noise
"You will never hear the silence without the noise." In looking for lessons on gratitude for my students, I came across this quote from a beautiful short film, called Gift.…
The Illusion
"It is from this place in our heart cavewhere we are nowWe watch the entire dramathat is our livesWe watch the illusionwithunbearable compassion"-Ram Dass The illusion...it insists that we take…
Rise
Maybe it's the hardest thing. Rising up after we fall. Having the grit, the raw faith that there's something worth getting up off our asses for, again and again. In…