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what’s strange and crazy can also be soulful and true

by | Sep 7, 2016 | writing

Sometimes the soul asks us to do strange things. Climbing into a 25-year-old van with my kids {and occasionally, my ex-husband} to go on a 100 city North American book tour could be called strange. Or crazy. Despite the crazy factor, I know I am living the life that...

read this when life doesn’t go the way you planned

by | Aug 19, 2016 | writing

You must give up the life you planned in order to have the life that is waiting for you. ~ Joseph Campbell There are a few wise thinkers I turn to when I’m on an edge, ready to leap, but my legs are shaking. Joseph Campbell, Yoda, Maya Angelou, Helen Keller, Fred...

how to end suffering

by | Jul 23, 2016 | writing

When we do what the soul does not want us to do, we suffer. We try to escape the symptoms, but in truth, all that’s needed is genuine acceptance that we cannot escape the truth of our souls. Although I work with people who suffer from psychopathology, I resist that...

life is not in pieces; life is the pieces

by | Jun 17, 2016 | writing

Every holiday my mama would buy our family a really hard puzzle {ya know, the kind with 5000 pieces that are slightly different shades of the same color}. It was wildly frustrating to sit at the table for hours knowing all the pieces were there but having no idea how...

going through a change? here are 8 ways to cope

by | Jun 8, 2016 | writing

Last month included joy bubbles bursting in my heart, love leaking from my eyes and hugs that make you go mmmmmmmmm. I had a blast hanging out at the Great Life Celebration with hundreds soulful folks from our community. We launched books, wrote love letters, and...

30 ways to celebrate life

by | May 1, 2016 | writing

My birthday month is over {yes, I celebrate for a month}. It was wild and wonderful. Soft and hard. April was jolting for many people {my cosmic friends inform me, five planets in retrograde will do that}. Whether it’s the planets rocking the world, or the...