allowing ourselves to float

We listed our home for sale last week*. When the idea first came to me, it seemed frightening. The thought, “How can we sell our home when we don’t have another to move to?” screamed in my head, almost commanding me to back down. But it was followed by a deeper voice that said, “You…

Being in the world …in a new way

A few years ago, I was hosting a party at our home and found myself very wound up, so much so, that If someone had asked me where I was energetically (and if I could have stopped long enough to really check in with myself), I would've felt my energy very concentrated in the front…

Love begins with me

A few years ago, I was sitting in a diner listening to someone talk about the unfairness of his current life situation. He was lamenting the devastation he felt at being excluded by his family....and his suffering was heart-breaking and so real to him. And he kept it alive. He brooded over the hurtful letter…

Ideas that expand us

Last year, I was telling a friend that I met my father every Sunday morning for breakfast and she said, "Oh, I wish that I had a relationship like that with my dad." I just smiled but also thought, "You probably really don't!" It took a lot of determination for me to see that relationship differently…