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In my writing about being intentional in the voices we allow in our space, Miles Adcox comes up again and again. It’s striking to me that out of the countless incredible voices that have crossed my path these past five years, he is the only one who consistently comes to mind as someone I would want to be my mentor.
In truth, he already is, whether he knows it or not.
Read MoreI had a revelation today about the vast difference between the way I see myself in my work life - capable, knowledgeable, smart, a joy to engage with, and frankly beautiful when I walk by the mirror in that space - and the way I see myself in relation to people who matter deeply to me - pathetic, nothing, and begging at their feet.
Read MoreI heard this song from Charlie Worsham for the first time two years ago today.
Read MoreI sat down today to create a vision for 2019.
As I contemplated how I’d like the year to look and feel, a little framework emerged that feels like it could be helpful for others. Take any of it you like, make it your own, and feel free to share with others!
Read MoreMore than 20 years ago, I somehow became aware of a teenager on General Hospital.
I have no earthly idea how or why I knew who he was ...
Read MoreWhen I was growing up, my dad taught me in no uncertain terms that I was completely responsible for the way people reacted to me. He taught me that if other kids didn’t like me, it was because I was doing something wrong or there was something wrong with me.
Read More“I wish you well.”
That opening line of this beautiful song Matthew Perryman Jones wrote to his precious young daughters, stops me in my tracks every time I hear it.
Read MoreI am a person who carries wasps outside.
I tuck this bear and his moose into bed every night, and then crawl in with them a little later.
Read MoreAll of us, when we take a moment to remember it, know that the anonymity and distance of the Internet gives us the space to say things we would never say in person.
Read MoreOne of my favorite conversations with my dad was the night before I began my study of music theory.
Read MoreA few days before my birthday, I woke up and suddenly knew it was time for a new doggie.
As I looked online at the local shelters and rescues, I knew the moment I saw this face and story that this boy was the one.
Read MoreThis past spring, I was visiting family and was given a stack of photos.
There was one of my dad I could not take my eyes off of.
Read More“Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart, and try to love the questions themselves like locked rooms and like books that are written in a very foreign tongue. Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given you because you would not be able to live them. And the point is, to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps you will then gradually, without noticing it, live along some distant day into the answer.”
Read More“Shut your eyes so you can see
The beauty in the mystery
Walking in shadows
Light inside your bones
Wandering your way back home.“
The beauty and infinite possibility that lives in the mystery of every moment after this one is one of the most profound lessons I’ve learned on my healing journey, and it’s spoken so beautifully in these words from Matthew Perryman Jones in the title track of his stunning new record The Waking Hours, out this week.
Read MoreThis piece I wrote a year ago is one of the most scary vulnerable I’ve written. It details some of the hardest work I’ve done on this journey, and the work I’m proudest of doing.
There is nothing in the universe I would ever rather be doing than singing harmony.
I can sing lead when the occasion arises, but I cannot tell you how much I would rather be singing harmony. It is where my heart lives, it’s as vital and effortless to me as breathing, and it is the greatest joy I have ever known.
Read MoreI spent some time with this beauty today.
Read MoreOnce upon a time, a beautiful gift arrived at a Storybook Cottage.
Read More“I have spent my life trying not to love people, and trying not to want people love me. Yikes.”
Yikes, indeed.
I made this discovery and wrote these words four years ago today.
Read MoreAlong with some recent budget initiatives and making healthy food and movement choices for nearly two years now, I’ve been contemplating ways to bring more rhythms to my life ... Daily, weekly, and seasonal rhythms or rituals to feel more centered and present.
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