Thursday morning is one of my favorite mornings. I roll out of bed, grab a cup of coffee, and then sit down to write my post for the week (usually about something that I thought about a few days earlier). I am usually also fixated on the fact that tomorrow is Friday which means that it is one day closer Read more…
i witnessed the power of vulnerability at a spoken word event on monday evening. the poet thanked the audience in advance for allowing her to read it, then delved into a beautiful, yet heartbreaking true-to-life poem of love and loss. a few lines in, her voice shook and tears began to stream down her face. and then through different parts Read more…
A few weeks ago my boyfriend and I adopted a puppy together. Bruce is a very handsome border collie mix who lives up to almost every expectation that someone would have for a puppy. I cannot remember a time when I have said the words no, stop, or outside as much as I have the past month. I’ll admit it, Read more…
Well, my friends here at Collective Inquiry may have lost their collective minds when they invited me to do a guest spot. It is an honor, and frankly a bit intimidating, to contribute to such a wonderful place of wisdom and depth. Lately, I have been reflecting on the role of standards in our lives. Rigidly defined standards feel like Read more…
Throughout our life we construct our own personal reality. Some of the reality is based on what we are taught, some of it is based on the messages we receive, and some of it is based on how we are hard wired. What is interesting to me is how tightly we hold to our reality, even if it causes us Read more…
