Given the opportunity, we respond well to deep exploration of who we are. However, we are more accustomed to inquiries about our professions and accomplishments…

“Immediately after you stand on the peak of a mountain you step forward and begin to climb a higher mountain which is down below” Kobun…

“Once upon a time” – these four words are immediately relaxing, as like magic they encourage us to settle in for story time. I celebrate…

Yes, play! When is the last time you played? Have you ever heard that in a 24-hour period it is recommended to spend 8 hours…

Our winter season has strong metaphorical parallels to the transition time we call death. Outer life often seems stripped away, leaving us cold, naked and…

Big changes! If we do not get that message anywhere else, “Gaia” continues to tell us so. Knock, knock, are you there? Are we listening?…

At one point or another in all our lives, the very thing someone told us not to do, we have done. And what they tell…

I have flown through many skies and deeply enjoyed ‘the 35,000 feet perspective’. Flying has allowed me some rich experiences. My poem “Flight” shares profound…

Melissa, now in her 30s, wrote this note to her Mom (Nancy) when she was five or six years old. The now framed, pencil written…

On New Year’s Day, I left early in the morning with my husband and his best friend to attend an evening marriage celebration in New…

This is the day…THIS is the day I will stop smoking, I will not overeat, I will not procrastinate, I will be kinder and go…

And, it’s not the statute of a black horse with a lampshade on its head (though I was rather fascinated when I saw it) I…

Have you ever been so right that you couldn’t be wrong? It happened to me recently, one of many uncomfortable moments! It is so easy…

It takes a lot to embrace the change we see and feel within ourselves. Often, we are just stepping up and into what is already…

The laws and principles of balance are demonstrated everywhere we look. It’s actually a ‘big’ word too…look it up and see how much space it…

Imagine my surprise at seeing this sign in a park. Click, click goes my camera as I wondered at BBC’s intent. (It is a wonderful…

On a rainy day in Staines, overlooking the River Thames, the beauty on and through my window was captivating. A soft pitter patter of drops…

Mountains hold some of the most powerful ‘chi’ (energy force) on earth. I find mountain climbing exhilarating…I think it is also beneficial to “just be”…