What is the kindest thing you can say about yourself? This might seem like a banal question. But take a moment and dig into it....

What to do about running into a family member that you haven't had contact with in almost 20 years? I literally ran into my father at ...

In January I turn a year older. Every year it happens. Whether I want it to or not. This year, I prefer another way of saluting my...

We are fast approaching the winter solstice on December 21. The Latin word "solstice" literally means "sun stands still" either at its...

On Sunday afternoon October 15, while driving home from church, I impulsively said to my husband, "There is a special place in the woods...

I want to be like this sunflower. This resilient beauty is growing in a slender crack in the gutter. Yes, right in a street corner in my...

Falling off a paddleboard may seem relatively harmless, but it taught me something about coping with life when it feels scary or...

I recently returned from a weekend of silence. I thought I had signed up for a meditation retreat at The Christine Center, located deep...

Gardening is an endeavor of embracing opposites: Balancing the tension between allowing the sprawl and forcing the tame. Accepting the...

Watch the movie "A Boy Called Sailboat" on Netflix and see the power of doing one heart-filled action really well! Sailboat learns to...

We hear it all the time---"Just let it go!" when a well-meaning someone is giving us advice on how to let go of a mistake, a missed...

Who hasn't had thoughts swirl around in our heads like a flock of those crazy birds that fly around in a pack, swooping and diving in the...

As spiritual teacher Pema Chödrön teaches us, one of the most important lessons in our spiritual journey is discovering that...

In early January 2022 I joined the Half Price Books challenge to read 50 books in 2022. Excited, I printed the record-keeping sheet they...

A sudden and vicious flat tire on a sunny beautiful Friday morning at 9:30am was not the way I expected my Labor Day weekend to start. I...

Never was I more convinced of this philosophy then when I recently stood in front of the crowd of runners and walkers at the start of the...

I do this every day. A few weeds pulled here as I walk to my car, a few there as I am taking out the garbage, a few more as I walk to...

In February my husband and I got lost. Lost hiking in--coincidentally--Lost Dutchman's State Park at the base of the Superstition...

Try this: experiment with saying yes to everyone and everything that happens. Yep. As long as it is not harming you or someone else, just...

Research suggests, believe it or not, that about 43% of our daily actions are habitual, conducted on autopilot without much conscious...