Learning to take up space, authentically!
I so very much love the holidays! I love the lights, the music (yep…I’m already listening to my favorite Christmas Classic station on Amazon Music), the cards, the tree, the baking, the family time. Yes, it can be stressful. Yes, it can be consumer-driven. I get it! But these past few years, I’ve chosen somethingContinue Reading “A Space for Quiet Reflection”
We live in mean times. As a news and political junkie, I’ve started turning off the TV and closing Facebook. I rarely watch the news anymore, and politely decline (mostly) to discuss anything of controversy with anyone beyond my immediate family. Don’t get me wrong, I still feel passionate about the environment and women’s rights…butContinue Reading “A Space for Kindness”
It’s not often that I find myself without something to write about. Usually, I can come up with something, anything! And yet, these last few weeks I’ve been a wanderer without her bearings. My writing is my compass, and without it, I’m always a bit lost. There were reasons for this, of course. First myContinue Reading “A Space for Silence”
Why Yoga? It happened in the early and frigid morning hours of December. I’d often drive to the gym before the sun even peaked over the horizon. The quiet hush that blanketed my neighborhood at that hour was my meditation. The stillness and crackling silence had sustained me for years. But on that morning, IContinue Reading “A Space for Yoga”
The red leaf dancing in the morning sun reminded me of it, this thing that matters. It can be illusive, but the leaf reminded me of such things. There are reminders everywhere, all around. But they are missed. I miss them. Caught up in self-importance, we run right over the fallen Aspen leaf, golden andContinue Reading “A Space for Things that Matter”
A couple of weeks ago, I walked into my local library and got my brand new library card. I was as giddy as a three year old watching Paw Patrol (and that’s pretty giddy!). Growing up in the 70’s and 80’s, libraries were my only option. It’s not like today, with Amazon and e-books. IfContinue Reading “A Space for Libraries”
Once you become a parent or aunt or grandparent, you are asked to be brave on a level you never thought possible. And I can guarantee that the very thing you would rather skulk away from and hide behind that tree for will be the very thing you are confronted with. And you will beContinue Reading “A Space to Stretch Into”
Climate change is happening, now. It’s not some far-away event that we are trying to stop. No, it is here. Now. Right now. Only one question remains: How bad will it get? We still have time to stop the worst of it. Not much, but the window is there. Stop looking for those in powerContinue Reading “A Space for Earth”
I did the craziest thing this week. I picked up a magazine and started reading. I know…so very 20th century! I hadn’t read a magazine in years. I’m not talking about those that you pick up and thumb through at the doctor’s office, or while you wait in line at the grocery store. I’m notContinue Reading “A Space for Orion”
I’ve been devouring books lately. I made it one of my priorities for 2019 to read every single day. And I’m so glad I made that commitment. Even if it’s for just a few minutes before bedtime, I’m working my brain and discovering so many amazing authors and stories. My last two books were theContinue Reading “A Space for Books”