Love Starts Here
Love Starts Here Love starts here - gently placing your own hand on your heart, feeling this breath as it arises – full or shallow – and loving what is, however it is, within you. And then, slowly, from such radical acceptance love begins to flow again within you and...
When we can’t see the “depth of devotion” but rather “nit-pick” the imperfections
I went outside this morning to warm up the car before taking the kiddos to school. As I sat in the cold driver’s seat looking at the ice-covered windshield, I thought about how many times my dad, during 40+ years of getting up early before any of us and going to work,...
The Invitation to be Held
It was an ordinary Monday. But the stories I heard - in one day - were anything but ordinary. A husband has stage 4 cancer. A wife lost her job. A woman is saying "enough" to abuse. A teenager is cutting. Parents lost their baby. A divorce might turn nasty. I turn on...
Come Closer
Come Closer What if one day you let the sadness, the grief stuck under your ribs, the regret lodged in your throat, the shame still folding down the corners of those precious lips to come closer to not push them away or angrily shake your finger scolding them for...
Yes, you too can do something
The world is full of cruelty. From what is happening in Syria to what goes on for our teens in the hallways of high school. It’s easy to get overwhelmed. Here’s what you can do.
The Year of Nourishing MOM: The start of a revolution
It’s time we start caring for ourselves with the same deep devotion we care for our children. My baby started kindergarten on Monday. I am starting a “nourish mom” revolution. Drop the mom guilt and join me in “nourishing mom.”
Hands Free Life: Filling the spaces with connective silence
“In an especially chaotic rush out the door to go on a family vacation, I sat in the passenger seat fuming. Mad because I didn’t have time to put the dishes in the dishwasher. Mad because we were late getting on the road. Mad because the garage door was acting up. I...
Messages of compassion our children can give to their classmates
You belong. You matter. You are loved. Let’s teach our children to communicate messages of kindness and belonging to their classmates and create a more compassionate school, community and world.
Your Inner Truth: Listening to the truth of who you really are
You have this precious life to live fully. And you have a truth within you. You have a Sacred Voice within you calling you. You have a light to embody and share with this world. YES – YOU! Perhaps it’s time to listen.
The Choice to Honor and Savor this Season of Motherhood
“You won’t regret this time,” my mom said to me. I was struggling with a big life decision – leaving a full-time, made-for-me position at Georgetown University. Why? I knew it driving up and down 270 to DC, waking up at 5 a.m., rushing, arriving home exhausted...