Mar 18Empty Your CupStillness is the door to self-knowledge Not long ago, a client asked for some support in discovering more about the relationship between her ancestry and current events in her life and the world. Her personal and organizational work is in the DEI space, so although her inquiry is subjective, it…Zen3 min readZen3 min read
Mar 3Do You Believe In Magic?Inspired by magically-inclined fish people in The Great Pond Do you believe in Magic? Today I am inspired by my son, Joseph, aka Rico, a magician in his own right. Nothing is better than to see your child thrive because they have remained true to themselves in a world that…Creativity4 min readCreativity4 min read
Feb 1910 Reasons You Can’t Have the Life You WantAnd what you can do about it. There aren’t many people that welcome change. Instead, most people ease into a comfort zone and prefer to stay there. …Life Lessons6 min readLife Lessons6 min read
Feb 3How I Knew I was a WriterAnd a Storyteller I am a Writer. Those words are sometimes difficult to say out loud. Nevertheless, I have always wanted to be a writer. At eight, I wrote my first poem, Broomhilda, into a small diary, the kind with the lock, whose cover was made of cloth and printed with daisies. A small…Writing4 min readWriting4 min read
Jan 29If I’m not on Facebook, do I exist?Choosing social media on my terms Today, I declare that I am removing my social media from my portable devices, especially my phone. Sunday is a day of rest for me, and I consider it a sacred time in the morning. Yet I sat down with a cup of coffee…Social Media2 min readSocial Media2 min read
Jan 14Faith is a SeasonA Short Reflection on Winter — When winter darkness descends Nature in her wisdom deprives us of any frivolous expenditure of energy, making the days shorter and our need for rest more pronounced. It seems as if each day calls us to look inward, to bless the space in between the darkness and the emergent light. Winter is where our creativity and soul songs gestate in the shadow of the unconscious, like invisible seeds planted in the fall. The wise will drop them into the fertile ground of that liminal space with the faith that they will blossom in the light of spring. There is no guarantee. But you plant them anyway.Nature1 min readNature1 min read
Jan 2When you give your children wings…And they fly away This past Christmas was going to be extra special. My son and his Dad would be coming to Portugal to visit. Last Christmas and for the last several years I would visit them in the USA for the holidays. But last Christmas, the day before I…Parenting4 min readParenting4 min read
Aug 22, 2022The Cost of Losing Awe and WonderHow to recover our soul in Nature It’s the end of August in the Algarve of Portugal and I haven’t posted an Insights from the Beach for a while. I’m on my daily walk on the cliffs in Ferragudo. I notice the many tourist boats motoring to the grottos to…Life Lessons2 min readLife Lessons2 min read
Mar 24, 2022You’re Always in the Wrong RelationshipUnless You Know This — In the past few years, we have been confronted with circumstances that caused us to disconnect from friends, colleagues, and family. We learned how to Facetime and Zoom to maintain some connection to one another, even if it was only via a computer screen. For those who were single, the…Relationships3 min readRelationships3 min read
Mar 18, 2022How to Meditate Without Sitting StillFind your inner flow — I’m sharing the results of my “kitchen meditation”. Pretty much a whole day thinking through what I wanted to make, getting the ingredients together, mixing, tasting, experimenting, all while listening to some pretty good tunes with some dancing thrown in too. And you might be thinking this is a food…Life Lessons4 min readLife Lessons4 min read
