Clearing

“I live by the truth that ‘No’ is a complete sentence.” –Anne Lamott, O Magazine. Here’s another excerpt from Your Spacious Self with a simple practice that will help you learn [...]

“It just ain’t possible to explain some things. It’s interesting to wonder on them and do some speculation, but the main thing is you have to accept it – take it for what it is [...]

“Allow the mystery… This is a very fertile place in which to hang out if you can bear the uncertainty and discomfort of it.”–Your Spacious Self. Some of you may remember what [...]

An oldie but goodie: Two buddhist monks from the same monastery were traveling through a heavy forest. The older, more experienced monk walked in the front while his younger counterpart walked [...]

Seeing takes time. -Georgia O’Keefe. Dear Friends, On January 1st of this year, my husband Jay and I left our home in Concord, Massachusetts to spend six months in the mystical, magical [...]

“Rock bottom became a solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.” –JK Rowling, Harvard Commencement Address. I’ve written scads on the subject of how our living spaces are [...]

Cowbirds or starlings, I’m not sure what it was that we witnessed last week soaring in the high desert country of San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. This sunset ritual is not to be believed. [...]

“How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then rest afterward” –Spanish Proverb.   Rest. Doesn’t that sound simply divine? If it’s so delicious, why is it that we don’t put our [...]

HAPPY NEW YOU! I am thrilled to announce the launch of my newest online course from DailyOM! A YEAR TO CLEAR What’s Holding You Back!  365 Lessons in Letting Go In the comfort of your own [...]

There’s a fun thought exercise circulating around Facebook right now where you’re invited to share a list of things that most people don’t know about you. I enjoyed reading [...]