My body is a topographic map of the past 13 months. There are mountain ranges of undulating flesh that keep record of far too many sitting hours and arid places of skin cracked by excessive cleaning and creased by thought and consternation. Though pale and misshapen, seeming to hold only the strength of survival, my... Continue Reading →
Time to Let in the Light!
Three months ago, on the occasion of the Winter Solstice, I revived this blog about being the light by inviting in the darkness. It was the darkest day of one of the darkest years on the planet that came in the midst of one of the most difficult times in my life. It seemed appropriate... Continue Reading →
Farewell Winter
On this Spring Eve, thanking Winter for its deep, reflective stillness and its bony Truth. Bidding it, alas, farewell, for it is time to let the light in.
Giving Birth to Our Selves Again
I wrote this for us... There’s something happening…or about to happen, and it feels really big. So many people are struggling in profound ways right now—more than they were struggling one year ago when the Big Stillness of the pandemic descended upon us…more than any time in this whole surreal past year. It feels like... Continue Reading →
Your Companionship and Imperfection are Appreciated
I used to think there was a destination in life, that I just needed to figure out the right choices and I would arrive “there.” I believed that if I worked really hard, didn’t give up on people and relationships, sacrificed, got as much education as possible and stacked up the accomplishments, I would be... Continue Reading →
Rejoining the Selves
The path to wholeness may include reassuring the small protector child that keeping vigil is no longer her burden. In connecting the disjointed selves, we empower the adult self, full of experience, knowledge and skill that the child self never had, to become the protector and the decision maker. Though reunited and more integrated, the... Continue Reading →
Went out into the world today in search of signs. Beautiful change is already underway. It is always underway. Time to begin to heal.
Internal Luminosity 