Last Monday I signed a lease for a Los Angeles apartment. It’s on the top floor of a 1940s building, with plenty of sky streaming through big windows. The layout lends itself to creativity and connection - one space flowing into the next. When I saw the apartment, even though it was being renovated and … Continue reading Signing a lease and the importance of SAFETY
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The Key to Becoming Your Whole, Unapologetic Self
Just because you can’t ‘see’ it, doesn’t mean that the evidence of it isn’t... everywhere. This is the story of trauma in our everyday lives. If you have survived an intense or overwhelming incident (or series of incidents) such as verbal or physical abuse, surgery, assault, an accident, or ongoing gas-lighting from a significant person … Continue reading The Key to Becoming Your Whole, Unapologetic Self
Why (and How) to Position Yourself to Succeed
Another week in Los Angeles and I’m finding my rhythm. I’ve relocated to a new Airbnb at the foot of the Hollywood Hills. But the apartment is more run-down than the photos let on. The images showed bright splashes of red and white - a bold, happy design. It looked clean, clean, clean. However, upon … Continue reading Why (and How) to Position Yourself to Succeed
The Dance of Silence and Sound
(ORIGINAL PUBLISH DATE: June 19th through my newsletter) Nearly a week ago I arrived here in Los Angeles. Presently, I’m sitting in a bronze metal chair at a round white table in my temporary Airbnb. There are small plastic “succulents” on a modern black tray. Garbanzo beans are boiling on the stove. It’s still early … Continue reading The Dance of Silence and Sound
Looking Down While Washing Dishes
(ORIGINAL PUBLISH DATE: June 12th through my newsletter) Growing up in Northern Vermont in the 1980’s, ethnic diversity was practically nonexistent. I saw people of color on Sesame Street, and I was a big fan of LeVar Burton on Reading Rainbow. But I mainly just knew ‘other’ ethnicities through the TV screen. I distinctly … Continue reading Looking Down While Washing Dishes
Note to blog followers
Hello blog followers! This is just a quick note to let you know that the posts you receive are from my newsletter, and they were generally sent out weeks or months before they make it onto my blog. I use this blog more like an archive of past writings than an up-to-date way to share … Continue reading Note to blog followers
Last Night’s Fire Ceremony and Your Bravery
(ORIGINAL PUBLISH DATE: May 8th through my newsletter) There's a great slash of early sun across my table as I write this, though I've been awake since the dark moments before the dawn. I spent last night dreaming vivid dreams after a powerful fire ceremony at sundown yesterday. The full moon in Scorpio rose, red … Continue reading Last Night’s Fire Ceremony and Your Bravery
Before You Can “Feel Better”, You Have to Be Willing to Feel
(ORIGINAL PUBLISH DATE: April 24th through my newsletter) It’s getting warmer warmer warmer in Joshua Tree and it feels amazing! While writing in my journal before dawn this morning, I opened the back window of the Scamp to invite in some fresh air. There was no chill on that breeze. Just the promise of a … Continue reading Before You Can “Feel Better”, You Have to Be Willing to Feel
The Sweetness Can Be Found Anywhere
(ORIGINAL PUBLISH DATE: April 10th through my newsletter) The sweetness can be found anywhere... Filling the air these mornings in Joshua Tree... wafting out of the creosote bush in the drizzle. It bursts from the small, yellow flowers that pepper the creosote’s branches. (I recognize it as sweetness, because it tugs up the corners of … Continue reading The Sweetness Can Be Found Anywhere
The Dilemma Yoga Teachers Now Face… and The Way Through
(published April 3rd through my newsletter) It is a chilly morning in Joshua Tree. The windows of the Scamp are fogged with condensation that’s just starting to glow gold with the rays of the rising sun. Waking up before the sun is one of the happiest practices for me. I don’t set an alarm, I … Continue reading The Dilemma Yoga Teachers Now Face… and The Way Through