Tales from Today: Black Magic Friday and the Four Letter Curse Word

We’ve all been there before. That moment when you head to the store to pick up something you need. Maybe it’s a few items – some food, a new pair of shoes, the latest gadget – whatever it is, you have your reasons it is an upcoming purchase. You are feeling particularly confident today because you know there is not only enough, but more than enough, dollars available to you […]

FozzyFest: A Family Reunion

Gathering together in a supportive community is a need that runs deep throughout cultures and across history. It is how we established security and felt a sense of belonging, of connection, of intimacy. The festival is one way communities come together to remind themselves we are in this together. Whether the purpose is to rejoice in the season’s harvest, commemorate a special transition in life, witness the union of two […]

The Art of Feedback: Deconstructing Truth Through Humility

When I think back on my life I observe many moments in which I react to words spoken and written to me from others. Often, these reactionary instances arise when the other person is expressing a truth to me that I do not want to hear. I get defensive. I get angry. I take it personally. Sometimes these truths are simply fears that I myself am thinking, and yet do […]

Repurposing Creativity: Making the Transition to Adulthood

As I stood on the soft, damp ground in my bare feet, I found myself immersed in the reflective and present moment experience that only an act of creativity can birth. Making what I call “Nature Art” opens me up to a level of joy that few activities are able to match. I love the process and I am unattached to the outcome. I understand Now that we are creative […]

The Circle of Gratitude: Part Eight – Celebrating Support

This is the eighth Part of The Circle of Gratitude Story series. Be sure to check out the Whole overview and introduction here. Full archives at the bottom of the post.   The Circle of Gratitude is a platform for people to create gift relationships within a community of individuals desiring to support each other.   The Circle of Gratitude is a dream that has been evolving over the last […]

The Circle of Gratitude: Part Two – Opening to Gratitude

  This is the second Part of The Circle of Gratitude Story series. Be sure to check out the Whole overview and introduction here. Full archives at the bottom of the post.   The Circle of Gratitude is a platform for people to create gift relationships within a community of individuals desiring to support each other.   The Circle of Gratitude is a dream that has been evolving over the […]

The Circle of Gratitude: Part One – Entering the Circle

 This is the first Part of The Circle of Gratitude Story series. Be sure to check out the Whole overview and introduction here.   The Circle of Gratitude is a platform for people to create gift relationships within a community of individuals desiring to support each other.   Last week I introduced the overall story arc to The Circle of Gratitude, an idea that has been evolving over the last […]

You Are Not Lazy: Digging Beneath the Symptom

You Are Not Lazy: Digging Beneath the Symptom  It is not laziness you need to overcome, it is inspiration you need to uncover. Immersed in a society that is unaware of its deeply imbedded assumptions, results in a disconnection for those who do not buy into life and world that is presented as normal. Many supposed imbalances within people are storied as inherent personal inadequacies that require external influence to […]

Canopy Contemplations

      Canopy Contemplations     As I learn to trust and follow my excitement along this journey through space and time, I find myself opening to the eternal “yes” of the present moment. Opportunity abounds, all around us, existing within the potential choices we select each day. Which locks do we open with our universal key of curiosity and which do we pass by? The realization that the […]

A Dreamer’s Dream: Uniting Work and Play Through the Gift {Right Hemisphere}

  A Dreamer’s Dream: Uniting Work and Play Through the Gift {The Right Hemisphere}     * “An individual reunifies with the world when she seeks no longer to triumph over it or control it, but to give to the world and accept its gifts in the full recognition of gratitude. That is what I call “Living in the gift.” Harking to the hunter-gatherer, it is a state of abundance […]