Here's something I've learned--and keep learning--something about life: let it happen to you. Let it overtake you. Feel it. Sit with it. The joy and the sorrow. The unknown. The possibility. I don't say

Lessons I learned last week, from the wonderful people in my life. I'm acknowledging every one of you who offered these sentiments--bowing my head in gratitude and saying thank you, because oh, how I needed

Last night I listened to a woman read a passage about longing. She listed the things she's never done, and then, in the next breath, the steps she never took to achieve those things. That struck me--that

On a jog yesterday, I started criticizing myself for not going faster. I was embarrassed that I was working so hard but going so slowly. But then, in a rare moment of clarity, I heard those words for how

My current guiding principles: Relax. Stop worrying. Look up. Walk in the grass. Feel. Love. Be brave. Be bold. Tell people how you feel. Get sweaty anytime you can. Laugh so hard you get the hiccups.

"We need a warrior’s heart that lets us face our lives directly, our pains and limitations, our joys and possibilities." --JK It's easy to connect with our warrior heart when someone we love

"..those you will throw out, those you needed to write to get to that fourth page, to get to that one long paragraph that was what you had in mind when you started, only you didn’t know that, couldn’t

I have a beloved friend who reminds me to place my feet on twelve o'clock, on True North. It's a helpful cue that sparks presence, regrounding. It reminds me to show up. Let's talk about showing up--about

"Make ceremonies out of the air and breathe upon them."--CM The other night I trimmed a dog's nails for the first time in years. I was awkward with the clippers, making the already nervous animal

Small, intimate moments are so beautiful: the glow of sunrise warming the cool bedroom, the dog sighing in her sleep, the push of a snow-fed stream against my bare legs, the man I love throwing his head

Have you ever looked up and realized you're there--in the place you spent your whole life searching for? And maybe it isn't a place at all--maybe it's a person or a moment or a deep breath or a feeling

"I'm the Osiris of this shit." --ODB Today, on the eve of the new moon, I saw three snakes. I hear you, universe: transition, change, renewal. My life right now looks nothing like it did a month

I'm not a psycho, so I don't usually talk to people on airplanes. Last night, though, the woman beside me asked about the photo on my phone's lock screen (my cats, duh), and I couldn't help myself: I got