Teachings
WARNING: Cha-Chaing Outside Your Comfort Zone Causes Discomfort
When I graduated from college, I gave a commencement address entitled “Step Outside Your Comfort Zone.” I had no clue what I was inviting into my life: leaving behind a All-American, overachiever who aspired to be "normal just like everyone else" and falling down the...
The Pull
The Pull has been strong lately. How you felt it? That fierce yearning within to drop in deeper, enter the vast wordless space. The desire to know your purpose in the marrow of your bones and express it exquisitely in the world. The need to live in both the sacred,...
Clarity + Chaos
Whew! It’s a treat to sit down and write. I’ve missed this time together, Shaman Girls. When I picture these last few weeks, I see myself standing solidly in the middle of a vortex – hair flying, dust swirling, and power surging up from the earth to the sky. Sometimes...
Being-ness in Business (with an Akashic Records Reading Thrown In)
I fully expected that an Akashic Records reading would be full of juicy tidbits from past lives. (Start the fidgeting now – past lives is on the edge of my woo-woo tolerance meter.) Yet Mona Wind thoroughly surprised me when she gave me a clear, non-woowoo, not...
Must! Trust! Me Intuition.
Ever look back over your life and see a reoccurring lesson? I’ve had my lesson come in many forms - from the 2x4 method of awakening to gentle, fleeting “Argh! Why didn’t I listen?” to heart-wrenching, tears-streaming, head-banging maybe I’ll remember next time...
Ceremony in a Busy Mama’s Everyday Life
Our Christmas tree went up in a whoosh! of fire as Shaman Guy threw a match into it, under a starry sky. Shaman Boy ran around whooping in excitement. We inadvertently created a fire ceremony! Our attempt to dispose of our tree transported me to all the Fire...
Fully Shining Woman
Three words uttered by a sage 10-year old whippersnapper altered the trajectory of my life. Impressive and true, considering I did not know this powerful wise guy at the time and he lived on an opposite ocean from me. A decade ago, my now-husband Jamie was a single...
Surf’s Up
Yesterday I felt clear and full of purpose. Today I’m in that belly-churning, breath-taking WTF? place. Welcome to 2013! After the End of the World and the New Year, an energy swept away. Did you feel it? A layer of doubt, uncertainty, and...
Happy! Happy? Happy.
Shaman Guy and I are nestled in bed. The words coming out of his mouth shock me. “Do you want to be happy from this point forward for the rest of your life, regardless of what happens?” Pull your minds out of the gutter, Shaman Girls. It’s a Saturday...
Use Me
We humans are funny creatures. Or at least I am. It seems like we tend to remember the “bad” more readily than the “good.” More importantly, we don’t realize that the challenges in life can bring purpose, passion, and peace – once we heal the pain....
