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Where were you a year ago?
If you would have told me a year ago that my life would be where it is right now, I wouldn’t have believed you. A year ago, I was wrestling…
Read MoreI Dimmed My Light
“Your inner light hasn’t been shining so bright recently,” she said to me in a low, concerned tone as she leaned over the counter. I smiled, or, at least I…
Read MoreSelf-Care Is Not Selfish
It’s so easy to sacrifice ourselves, our time, and our bodies for something or someone else. Since coming back from my retreat in CA a month ago, I’ve…
Read MoreWhy You Should Care a Little Less
“I’m really struggling with this one class I teach,” my friend told me over lunch. I nodded, knowing how stressful the last year has been for her in…
Read MoreThe Sugar Cookie Effect
Life isn’t fair. Most of us struggle with this basic tenet of life. We don’t always understand why some people get the good end of the stick of…
Read MoreThe Open-Hearted Truth Teller
“You know what we’re going to put you in?” she said. My eyes rolled back in my head at the tangible excitement in her voice. I knew that…
Read MoreThis is Spiritual Design
Long ago, the Buddha was speaking in a small town, sharing what he’d learned about freedom from suffering, when a woman suddenly rushed up to him holding the…
Read MoreStanding in the middle of all this
Life continually moves through contrasts – rise and fall, success and failure, loss and gain, acceptance and blame. In these moments it’s difficult, if not near-impossible, to keep a…
Read MoreLiving Life is Living Off Course
Last week I flew out to Texas with Dona for YTT Faculty Training. On the plane, I was reading an article about aviation that spoke to the evolution of…
Read MoreTake a Leap
A part of you is ready. And a part of you is not. This is the essential disposition of any person who’s wanting to trust the universe.…
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