Transformational Alchemy for the Highly Sensitive Person
Nov 04A word about productivity. A few months ago I was sitting at my computer and *pop*, suddenly I was staring at a big black circle in my field of vision accompanied by trippy flashes of neon lights and a fun-house case of vertigo I couldn’t shake. What Keep Reading
Sep 06Our white-knuckled grip on life. On resisting change... I read a quote yesterday from Gandhi. It struck me as particularly powerful because in that moment I was thinking about life and how often we get stuck in patterns that aren't working for us. Keep Reading
Aug 26I recently signed a book deal and am busy writing, bringing this literary entity to life. It’ll be published in the next year, whenever it decides it's finished. Books take on a life of their own, sentient beings, and like Alice down the Rabbit Hole Keep Reading
Aug 20Self-love is a complex concept. The concept of saving yourself before you can save anyone else makes some people visibly cringe. In fact, this used to be a big block for me. I had such a superhero complex, my tendency to run into every so-called Keep Reading
Aug 05This weekend my husband and I, along with two best friends, took a hike to a place so beautiful it seems not of this world. First of all, living in New Mexico, any forest that includes a lot of water is pretty darn magical. The Rio en Medio trail Keep Reading
Jul 24I experience a lot of people looking for The Answer. I can see them right now, shaking their heads in mild defeat, “I just don’t know what the answer is.” Shrugging, leaving it at that, shelving it so they don’t have to delve into a place of Keep Reading
Jun 27Animal Messengers. A few years ago, when we lived on the remote and wild frontier of eastern New Mexico, Aaron and I had a day off so we hopped in the car and drove, not really having a solid destination. We decided to drive to the tiny town of Keep Reading
Jun 07Judgement keeps us small. The Superiority Complex exists in every industry, and every culture. For twenty years I worked in veterinary medicine. I was a registered veterinary technician, but spent the last ten years in management roles. Across the Keep Reading
May 22The (sometimes) Myth of Scientific Objectivity. What if all scientific objectivity was filtered through the Buddhist concept of Beginner's Mind? Beginner's Mind is about opening to all possibilities instead of attaching to deeply entrenched beliefs Keep Reading
May 17The field of Positive Psychology. I love the field of Positive Psychology because they're curious about questions like, “What’s more powerful, Hope or Gratitude?” I mean, just scanning the titles gives me a spark. I recently read an article on the Keep Reading