I grew up with low self esteem as did many young women of my age born in the 50's. We were sucked up into a post war mindset that...

There comes a holy time in our lives when we learn the truth of ourselves. It is not usually a fun time because we are born to fuck...

It is said when a caterpillar settles into its cocoon that the transformative process requires that the caterpillar turn into a complete...

It is said that when we are born we become a portal in time and space and within this opening pour all our gifts both light and dark. How...

Do you ever notice what happens to the eye when one laughs from the heart? It shines a special kind of light - a divine light, you might...

For too many life is nothing but sorrow. For others there is a choice about that. I suspect this might strike some as unfair but I don't...

If we are fortunate, we recognize that God is not something outside of our everyday reality but that which stirs within our bones as life...

It is sometimes impossible to not be effected by the events of this world. We have come hard by our skills to navigate these challenging...

Why not tell the world who we are - how we are - what we think - what we believe? Perhaps we have forgotten how to ask an open ended...

...And the sun and moon Sometimes argue over Who will tuck me in at night... We begin chapter four holding the lion's paw and taken by...

What we imagine and what we expect design our reality. Our fears and phantasms fix our world in its place. Should we decide to release...

It had never occurred to me before I studied this poem that I had ever made deals over my existence in this life. But I did step outside...

I think if an ancient human being was magically transported into this time of the world they might go mad instantly. It would not be so...

If we get to live long enough, we might have the opportunity to pick up our younger selves and lay claim to them. Many of us enter this...

The Earth Lifts its glass to the sun And light - light Is poured... So begins this poem of Hafiz and so begins our lives before we take...

I have a young granddaughter who loves to swing. My son keeps a swing set well maintained in their backyard for her. Often, when...

An invitation to be oneself. The authentic self. The self that others rarely see this side of a cocktail; the self that we keep under...

I was once told, "Everything has a mouth. Everything must be fed a type of energy whether it is food or it is our precious focus." Worry...

The subject of healing can be a journey across a field of semantic landmines. When I was younger and learning about the language of...

Self respect, "...a simple matter of etiquette," says Hafiz. There was a time when people wore hats and there were entire protocols...